Table 2.

Examples of perceived fit definitions

ArticleDefinitionKey term
Boush and Loken (1991) The degree of similarity between the extension and the parent brand’s productsDegree of similarity
Broniarczyk and Alba (1994) The degree of similarity and shared associations between the extension category and the parent brand categoryDegree of similarity; degree of shared associations
Dawar and Anderson (1994) The degree of match between the extension and the parent brandDegree of match
Deng and Messinger (2022) The degree of similarity, consistency, or congruity between the extension (category) and the parent brand (category)Degree of similarity, consistency, or congruity
Han and Schmitt (1997) The degree of closeness between the extension category and the parent brand categoryDegree of closeness
Kim and John (2008) The degree of shared connections between the extension and the parent brandDegree of shared connections
Meyers-Levy et al. (1994) The degree of shared associations between the extension (category) and the parent brandDegree of shared associations
Park et al. (1991) The degree of membership of the extension to the parent brand categoryDegree of membership
Source(s): Authors’ own work

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