The effect of cause-related marketing on the consumer purchase intention: focusing on the meditating variables (studied on clients of Ghalamchi educational services)

Autor: Rashid, Ali Asghar, Hamidizade, Ali, Esfidani, Mohhamad Rahim, Matin, Hasan Zaree
Zdroj: International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence; 2016, Vol. 2 Issue: 3 p233-247, 15p
Abstrakt: The main purpose of this research is to study the effect of cause-related marketing on the consumer purchase intention. In this regard, cause-related marketing, moral pleasure, brand attraction, company-consumer identification, brand loyalty, and purchase intentions have been considered as the variables of this study. In order to collect the research data, a researcher-developed questionnaire has been used. The statistical population consists of the clients of the Ghalamchi centre for educational services in the city of Qom (Iran). To include the sample members, a sample consisting of 360 clients is randomly selected. The research data are analysed through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) in the Amos18. The findings revealed that cause-related marketing does not affects the consumer purchase intention. Furthermore, cause-related marketing also has effect on moral pleasure, brand attractions, and brand loyalty.
Databáze: Supplemental Index