Green Marketing Functions in Building Corporate Image in the Chain Store

Document Type : Original Article

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1 MBA, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Department of Mathematics, Amol, Iran

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to examine the role of consumer awareness of green marketing in corporate image and consumer purchase intention. The statistical population includes all the consumers who make purchases from the grocery store chains, such as Khooneh be Khooneh, in Babol city. Of this population, based on the Morgan's table, a sample of 384 persons was formed, the individual members of which were selected using simple random sampling. The actual data were collected by questionnaires. Using factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) in SPSS and SmartPLS software, the assumed relationships between the variables were tested. The findings indicated that consumer awareness of corporate green marketing and social responsibility, product image, and company reputation (corporate image) had a positive and significant relationship with consumer purchase intention.

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International Journal of Resistive Economics
Volume 9, Issue 2
April 2021
Pages 1-16

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  • Receive Date: 08 September 2020
  • Revise Date: 28 September 2020
  • Accept Date: 15 October 2020

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