The Effect of Integrated Marketing Communication on Market and Financial Performance, Investigating the Mediating Role of Customer Performance

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of integrated marketing communications on financial performance and market performance through the mediating role of customer performance. This research is applied in terms of purpose and survey in terms of method. The statistical population of the research is the managers of food industry companies located in the industrial towns of Mashhad, whose number is 340 active managers. Based on Morgan's table, 181 samples have been considered available by sampling method. The data collection tool was the questionnaire of Batukaya, Lyonch and Arslon (2021). In order to measure face validity from the point of view of experts, convergent and divergent validity and factor analysis have been used. Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability were used to measure reliability. The total Cronbach's alpha was estimated at 0.931, which is within the acceptable range. Data analysis was done by structural equation modeling method and SmartPLS3 software. The results showed that integrated marketing communication has a positive and significant effect on market performance, customer performance, and financial performance of the company. In addition, the effect of integrated marketing communication through the mediating role of customer performance on financial performance and market performance has also been reported to be positive and significant. Also, customer performance has had a positive and significant effect on market performance and financial performance.