Relationship marketing strategy and its impact on achieving customer loyalty: an analytical exploratory study of the opinions of a sample of employees and customers of Iraqi private banks

Authors

  • Fouad Hamoudi Al Attar
  • Ahmed Abdull Abbas

Keywords:

Relationship marketing strategy, achieving customer loyalty

Abstract

This study is taking a role of marketing , within the relations, describe it as an
independent variable in its dimensions (measurements) as if (Trust ,
commentment, communication and the satisfaction), to a chive the customer’s
loyalty by describing it as a \"variable\" depending on its figures or indicators
represented by ( behaviors and situations ) as an exploration and analysis study
to a certain opinions for certain , commercials and private sectors of Iraqi banks.
While this study tried to give answers to all queries: like :-
-what is the level of performing the marketing within the relations in the
commercial and private sectors of Iraqi banks , within the study and the range of
concerning to its dimensions ?
-what is the level of concerning of these banks within the study of the indicators
of the client loyalty?
-what is the level of clients loyalty for who are dealing with private sector banks ,
combined with the study ?
-is there any relation influence between the marketing and the indicators of
client’s loyalty?
-This study is looking for achieving certain aims like as :-
1- Detect the range of banking performance under the study of marketing
connected to relations .
2-Identiy the level of customer’s loyalty in the banks under study .
3-Test the affects between the marketing and its relation with the customers
loyalty .
To achieve the aims of the study , hypothetical ( diagram ) . it was constructed ,
determined the nature of relation in between , the independent variable and
dependent one, and emerge through it , some main hypothesis were tested by
using flocks of statistics means of the commercial and private sector of Iraqi
banks presented by ( Baghdad Al-shimal Al- eqtissad Al-mutahed Al-
Ahliee Al- Mansoor ) as a field to do the study and “exam” its hypothesis and
it used the” questionnaire form” as a main tool to collect the data which is
related with that field , it was contributed on a sample went to(90) from
employees and clients in these banks within the study .This study reached to a
certain conclusion , the mpst important of it :-
-there is a relation influence objected statistics indicator in between the strategy
of marketing with the relations and the client loyalty for these commercial and
private sector Iraqi banks within the study .The study went out with a certain
recommendations first of it :- ( to do the application in marketing and the
relations , requires support the top management , to publish and depend the
banking culture , concentrate on the service of the customer )

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Published

2025-01-15

How to Cite

فؤاد حمودي العطاري, & احمد عبد العباس الموسوي. (2025). Relationship marketing strategy and its impact on achieving customer loyalty: an analytical exploratory study of the opinions of a sample of employees and customers of Iraqi private banks. Iraqi Journal for Administrative Sciences, 10(39), 147–167. Retrieved from https://mail.journals.uokerbala.edu.iq/index.php/ijas/article/view/2993