Reshaping the Village Test for investigating service brand attachment

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the use of an investigative technique which has until now only been used in the field of psychology, namely, the Village Test. The new version of the Village Test proposed in this paper aims to explore service brand attachment. Design/methodology/approach – Village Tests were administered over 9 months, including two pre-test phases, followed by a series of 21 final tests. Two main types of analytical procedures were used in the interpretation of our data: procedures used for textual data analyses and procedures used for non-textual data analyses. Findings – The spatially oriented attachment toward service brands is sustained by three service experience…