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

International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development

مقاله 1، دوره 13، شماره 1، خرداد 2023، صفحه 1-15   

نوع مقاله: Research Article

نویسندگان

Roza Taati¹؛ Abdolhamid Ebrahimi^{* 2}؛ Hamidreza Saeidnia³؛ Zahra Alipour Darvishi⁴؛ Mohammad Taleghani⁵

¹Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Business Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran , Iran

²Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran , Iran

³Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran , Iran

⁴Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

⁵Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Management, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht , Iran

چکیده

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.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Social Responsibility؛ Green Marketing؛ Brand Affiliation؛ Organic Products

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