Corporate hypocrisy as a convergent concept among the forms of strategic communication of the largest bank in Colombia. : A concurrent analysis between users and organization
Corporate hypocrisy as a convergent concept among the forms of strategic communication of the largest bank in Colombia: A concurrent analysis between users and organization;
A hipocrisia corporativa como conceito convergente entre as formas de comunicação estratégica do maior banco da Colômbia. : Uma análise simultânea entre usuários e organização
Author
Pacheco-Ortiz, Diana
Escobar-Sierra, Manuela
Suárez-Monsalve, Ana María
Abstract
Organizations need to agree on their objectives to build strategic communication with their target audiences to ensure coherence and avoid reputational risks due to the perception of corporate hypocrisy. In this work, we propose to characterize corporate hypocrisy as a convergent concept between the forms of strategic communication of the largest bank in Colombia and its users. To achieve this, we used a mixed methodology consisting of a quantitative exploratory analysis phase and a second phase based on qualitative content analysis. The main findings show a discrepancy between the bank's communication and the way users who mention the bank communicate. This could represent a phenomenon of perception of hypocrisy that the bank's communication strategy should consider. The limitation of the study is that more than the information shared on the networks is needed to deduce the bank's real motivations or the way it delivers the promised services, so this is essential to consider in future research. Organizations need to agree on their objectives to build strategic communication with their target audiences to ensure coherence and avoid reputational risks due to the perception of corporate hypocrisy. In this work, we propose to characterize corporate hypocrisy as a convergent concept between the forms of strategic communication of the largest bank in Colombia and its users. To achieve this, we used a mixed methodology consisting of a quantitative exploratory analysis phase and a second phase based on qualitative content analysis. The main findings show a discrepancy between the bank's communication and the way users who mention the bank communicate. This could represent a phenomenon of perception of hypocrisy that the bank's communication strategy should consider. The limitation of the study is that more than the information shared on the networks is needed to deduce the bank's real motivations or the way it delivers the promised services, so this is essential to consider in future research. As organizações devem chegar a acordo sobre os seus propósitos para estabelecer uma comunicação estratégica com os seus diferentes públicos, a fim de garantir a coerência e evitar riscos reputacionais devido a percepções de hipocrisia corporativa. Neste trabalho propomos caracterizar a hipocrisia corporativa como um conceito convergente entre as formas de comunicação estratégica do maior banco da Colômbia e seus usuários. Para isso, utilizamos uma metodologia mista composta por uma fase de análise exploratória quantitativa e uma segunda fase baseada em uma análise de conteúdo qualitativa. As principais conclusões mostram uma lacuna entre a comunicação do banco e a forma como os usuários que mencionam o banco se comunicam, o que poderia estar configurando um fenómeno de percepções de hipocrisia que a estratégia de comunicação do banco deveria considerar. A limitação do estudo é que é necessário mais do que a informação partilhada nas redes para deduzir as reais motivações do banco ou como presta os serviços prometidos, pelo que é essencial considerá-lo para pesquisas futuras.