Present and Test the Corporate Social Responsibility Model in the Field of Green Marketing with Emphasis on Brand Affiliation from the Perspective of Organic Products' Consumers
Subject Areas : Environmental policy and management
روزا طاعتی
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عبدالحمید ابراهیمی
2
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حمیدرضا سعیدنیا
3
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زهرا علیپور درویشی
4
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محمد طالقانی
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1 - دانشجوی دکتری، گروه مدیریت بازرگانی، واحد تهران شمال، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران
2 - دانشیار، گروه مدیریت بازرگانی، واحد تهران شمال، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران
3 - دانشیار، گروه مدیریت بازرگانی، واحد تهران شمال، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران
4 - دانشیار، گروه مدیریت بازرگانی، واحد تهران شمال، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران
5 - دانشیار، گروه مدیریت صنعتی، واحد رشت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، رشت، ایران
Keywords: Green marketing, organic products, brand affiliation, Social Responsibility,
Abstract :
Organic products are important factors in the case of commitment to corporate social responsibility in the field of green marketing to develop the Commitment of business system to environmental issues. The study aimed at presenting and testing social responsibility of companies in the field of green marketing from the perspective of Consumers of organic products with an emphasis on brand dependence. The research was an applied research and it was of mixed and exploratory type. Statistical population of the qualitative consisted of an all customers of organic products in Tehran city which according to the Krejcie-Morgan table, 385 people were Surveyed. Data analysis was also done using structural equation modeling and PLS software According to the findings obtained in qualitative data coding, A total of 325 Concepts were extracted which were classified into 85 categories. According to the categories (22 main Categories) in the model, regarding database approach, the research model was presented. Also, quantitative analysis showed that causal conditions affect the main phenomenon, namely social responsibility in the field of green marketing of organic products. Social responsibility affects strategies in the field of green marketing, background conditions and intervener conditions. In addition, these strategies also affect the consequences of the model.
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