International Journal of Engineering, Science and Mathematics
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

The effect of combined elements of green marketing on customers’ Loyalty to the Brand of NaghsheJahan Sugar Company

  • Author:
  • Somayyeh Hosseinzadeh, Ali Rashidpour, Ali Safari
  • Total Page Count: 17
  • Page Number: 61 to 77

*MA In Executive Management, Department of Management, Science ) Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

**Assistant professor in Management, Department of Management, Science ) Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

***Assistant professor in Management, Department of Management, Science ) Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Online published on 12 November, 2013.

Abstract

The current research aims to focus on studying the effect of green marketing mix elements on customers’ loyalty to the Brand of NaghsheJahan Sugar Company. The studied statistical population concludes the whole customers inside and outside of NaghsheJahan Company. We have calculated the sample size by Cochran formula, samples have been taken randomly and the number of customers studied as sample is 235 people. We have gathered data by analyzing a researcher's questionnaires. Testing the effect of green marketing mix elements on customers’ loyalty to the Brand of NaghsheJahan Sugar Company has been carried out by the structural equation modeling approach. The results achieved from studying the research hypotheses show that the green marketing mix elements have effects on the dimensions of customers’ loyalty toward the brand, and regarding the fitting indices RMSEA=0.000 and the other related indices, the effect pattern of the green marketing mix elements haveaproper fitting.

Keywords

green marketing, combined marketing, loyalty, brand, NaghsheJahan Sugar Company