The role of job attachment and emotional commitment as a mediator between internal marketing and customer-oriented behavior of librarians in public libraries

To explore the effect of internal marketing on customer orientation behavior of librarians with mediation of attachment and emotional commitment in public libraries.
135 librarians, selected by random cluster sampling completed four questionnaires including: 1) internal marketing questionnaire, 2) Customer-oriented behavior, 3) job attachment and emotional commitment. The data was analyzed using structural equation analysis with AMOS and PLS software.
Findings: Firstly, the findings showed that the model has a good fit. Secondly, the results showed that internal marketing has a significant effect on customer oriented behavior. Internal marketing also affects job attachment and emotional commitment. Job attachment and emotional commitment also have a significant effect on customer oriented behavior, Finally, job attachment has a positive and significant effect on emotional commitment.
Originality / Value: The merit of this research is the ability of proposing a model to simultaneously assess the internal marketing variables, occupational attachment, emotional commitment, and customer oriented behavior that have not yet been included in a model. Public libraries also have to be committed to human resources according to their vision.