Designing and testing a model for banks marketing social capital development with qualitative phenomenological approach and its role in customer loyalty

The purpose of this study was to design a model for the development of social capital in the marketing sector of MELLI and MELLAT banks and to examine its role in customer loyalty. This research is applied in terms of purpose and analytical and exploratory of qualitative and quantitative combination based on structural equation modeling. Identification of dimensions and indicators of social capital by phenomenological method through semi-structured interviews was recorded by recording the life experiences of 12 managers of marketing and advertising departments of banks using sampling to reach theoretical adequacy. The final model consists of three dimensions (structural-administrative, cognitive-educational, behavioral-communicative) and 10 main categories and 36 subcategories (index). The results of statistical analysis were significant up to the level of main categories with structural equation method and showed that except for interaction and networking, the proposed model for social capital development was significant in 3 dimensions and 9 categories and 33 indices. Customer loyalty was presented in three dimensions: attitude, behavioral and hybrid, and a 19-question researcher-made questionnaire including 9 social capital categories and 10 items of customer loyalty was distributed among the marketing officers of banks using available sampling method and 118 questionnaire Collected. the role of social capital on customer loyalty analyzed by regression analysis. It was suggested that by educating the staff and providing them with sufficient knowledge, guidelines, continuous supervision and justification of their role in enhancing customer loyalty and explaining their responsibility to the banks