International Research Journal of Business Studies (E-Journal)
Vol 14, No 2 (2021): August - November 2021

WOM as The Mediator of Marketing Mix to Customer Satisfaction in Covid-19 Pandemic

Novi Haryati (Department of Social Economy, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University. Malang 65145, Indonesia)
Nisrina - Qotrunnada (Department of Social Economy, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University. Malang 65145, Indonesia)
Rosita Widya Putri (Department of Social Economy, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University. Malang 65145, Indonesia)
Yafi Alam Syah (Department of Social Economy, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University. Malang 65145, Indonesia)
Mirza Ramadhani (Department of Social Economy, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University. Malang 65145, Indonesia)
Bagus Cahyo Nugroho (Department of Social Economy, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University. Malang 65145, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Jan 2022

Abstract

This study examines coffee shops’ marketing mix and its impact on customer satisfaction and word of mouth (WOM). Also, analyzing customer satisfaction mediates the relationship between the marketing mix and word of mouth. This study used a quantitative approach with 100 sampling of coffee shop’s customers across Malang City. Primary data collection is done by distributing questioner containing several questions using a Likert scale to the respondents, while secondary data is obtained from literature studies. For analyzing the data, this study applied descriptive analysis and statistical analysis employed WarpPLS 7.0 software to perform the Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) analysis. This study proves that marketing mix has a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction, and the same relationship was found between the marketing mix and WOM. An important finding from this study is that customer satisfaction plays a mediating role between marketing mix and word of mouth. https://doi.org/10.21632/irjbs.14.2.147-157

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jurnalirjbs

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Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

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International Research Journal of Business Studies (IRJBS), with registered number ISSN 2089-6271 (Print) and ISSN 2338-4565 (Online), is an open access and peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Prasetiya Mulya Publishing, Universitas Prasetiya Mulya. IRJBS published three times a year ...