Utilising a similar logic to Spence's job market model (1974), we view the employer brand as a signal to overcome this information asymmetry and to affect employee-based brand equity.We present a conceptual framework for employee-based brand equity, modified from
previous consumer based branding research examining the role of brand signals on consumers
evaluations of product quality (Erdem et al. 1999). The employee based brand equity
framework is presented in Figure 1