Effects of internal marketing on job satisfaction in the banking sector
International Journal of Bank Marketing
ISSN: 0265-2323
Article publication date: 9 April 2019
Issue publication date: 18 June 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to verify the relationship of job satisfaction in the banking sector with its antecedent constructs (financial rewards and psychological rewards) and the mediating role of internal marketing in this relationship and to verify the relationship between job satisfaction in the banking sector and its consequent constructs (work engagement and the intention to leave) and the moderating effect of internal marketing on this relationship.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper adopts a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional research methodology. Data are collected through an online questionnaire, which involves 355 bank employees. Partial least squares–structural equation modeling is used to verify the predicted relationships.
Findings
The results show that internal marketing tends to mediate the relationship between financial rewards and job satisfaction and the relationship between psychological rewards and job satisfaction. Internal marketing presents a moderating effect on the relationship between job satisfaction and work engagement, but internal marketing does not moderate the relationship between job satisfaction and the intention to leave the bank.
Originality/value
This study expands the understanding of the scope of internal marketing by exploring its mediating and moderating effects on the interactions among the behaviors of banking sector employees.
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Acknowledgements
Conflict of interest statement: on behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest. This research was supported by Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq/Brazil), project 303669/2015-2, and by Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT/Portugal) through NECE (Núcleo de Estudos em Ciências Empresariais), project UID/GES/04630/2013.
Citation
Mainardes, E.W., Rodrigues, L.S. and Teixeira, A. (2019), "Effects of internal marketing on job satisfaction in the banking sector", International Journal of Bank Marketing, Vol. 37 No. 5, pp. 1313-1333. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-07-2018-0190
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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