Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Internal Marketing Communication on Employees’ Trust and Commitment to Hotel Brand

Authors

  • Nuthathai Thaotrakool Business Administration Program in Marketing, Siam University
  • Prin Laksitamas Business Administration Program in Marketing, Siam University

Keywords:

Internal marketing communication, Self efficacy, Trust, Commitment

Abstract

The purposes of the study were to (1) investigate the important elements of internal marketing communication system toward employee’s trust and commitment (2) examine the validity of the factor structure of internal marketing communication toward employee’s trust and commitment. The subjects were 1,001 hotel employees in Chiang Mai which is a city with high expansion of hotel business as well as a city with the high growth rate of tourists. The period of study was from October 2012 to November 2012. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was utilized to investigate the fit of the proposed factor structure and Cronbach’s alpha was determined to examine the internal consistency of dimensions. The result shows that all variables were fitted. The data were collected well at factor loading over 0.30 and significant at 0.05 level. This means that the result of the study can be applied for future research of structural equation modeling (SEM) on internal marketing communication model to increase employee’s trust and commitment.

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Published

2022-03-27

How to Cite

Thaotrakool, N., & Laksitamas, P. (2022). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Internal Marketing Communication on Employees’ Trust and Commitment to Hotel Brand. Siam University Journal of Business Administration, 15(24), 10–20. retrieved from https://so07.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sujba/article/view/826

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