The effect of Islamic values on relational marketing basics


Jafar Beikzad, Ali Jahedi Chaharborj and Saeid Ghorbannejad Maleki


In this paper, we present an empirical study to measure the relationship between Islamic values and marketing affairs in the field of alimentary industries of West Azarbaijan province, Iran. The proposed study distributes a questionnaire among 105 managers out of 145 ones and analyzes the data using different statistical methods such as linear regression analysis. The preliminary results indicate that Islamic values significantly influence trust, commitment and communication among members of business units and it could help resolve conflict management, substantially. The paper provides some guidelines for better managing firms in the region by attaching on Islamic values for marketing products and preventing unethical methods in mislead customers.


DOI: j.msl.2011.12.016

Keywords: Islamic values ,Relational Marketing Basics ,Trust ,Commitment ,communications and Conflict Management

How to cite this paper:

Beikzad, J., Chaharborj, A & Maleki, S. (2012). The effect of Islamic values on relational marketing basics.Management Science Letters, 2(3), 797-804.


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