Investigating the Impact of Relational Marketing Foundations on Consumer Loyalty in Iran with a Meta-Analysis Approach

Customer loyalty is one of the concepts that will lead to the success of companies in today's competitive world. Contrary to the initial idea, many researches have shown that satisfaction is not the final key to profitability and success of the organization. In fact, today, only customers who have a sense of belonging to the organization are considered profitable and long-term assets for the organization.Since the growth of various researches in the field of relational marketing and its role in consumer loyalty has caused the dispersion of information in this field; Therefore, it is very important to conduct combined researches that present the extracts of the researches conducted on this subject in a systematic and scientific manner. The present research aims to quantitatively combine the results of the researches conducted in the field of the impact of related marketing foundations on consumer loyalty, by using the meta-analysis method and comprehensive meta-analysis software CAM2, the number of 10 researches conducted in this field in Iran was investigated. Has set. The results of the meta-analysis of the foundations of relational marketing (including: trust, conflict management, communication management and commitment) showed that the foundations of trust and commitment have the greatest impact with effect sizes of 0.456 and 0.406, respectively; And the foundations of communication management and conflict management have the least impact on the loyalty of Iranian consumers with effect sizes of 0.320 and 0.308, respectively.