JURNAL MANAJEMEN DAN PELAYANAN FARMASI (Journal of Management and Pharmacy Practice)
Vol 5, No 1

FACTORS THAT AFFECTING THE PHARMACY LOYALTY ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL WHOLESALER

Dianita Rifqia Putri (Fakultas Farmasi, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)
Suci Paramitasari Syahlani (Fakultas Peternakan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)
Djoko Wahyono (Fakultas Farmasi, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2015

Abstract

The primary component for maintaining the long term sustainability of a company is customer loyalty. Many factorsaffect customer loyalty in the business-to-business relationship. This study aimed to determine the factors that affect the pharmacy loyalty to the pharmaceutical wholesaler.The study was obtained using questionnaire with 1-4 Likert scale. The sampling method was purposive sampling and the sample was 130 respondents. The questionnaire validaty was tested by factor analysis, while the reliability test was conducted usingCronbach’s Alpha. Data were analyzed using SEM-PLS (Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square).The results showed that pharmaceutical wholesaler’s service quality had a positive effect on pharmacy satisfaction (p-value <0.001 and the path coefficient value = 0.566). Pharmacy satisfaction had a positive influence on pharmacy trust (p-value <0.001 andthe path coefficient value = 0.32), pharmacy commitment (p-value = 0.005 and the path coefficient value = 0.191), and pharmacyloyalty (p-value = 0.014 and the path coefficient value = 0.161). Pharmacy trust had a positiveinfluence on commitment pharmacy (p-value is 0.037 and the path coefficient value = 0.13) and a pharmacy loyalty toward the pharmaceutical wholesaler(p-value = 0.001 and the path coefficient value = 0.254). Commitment pharmacies had a positive effect on pharmacy loyalty (p-value= 0.034 and the path coefficient value = 0.134). To sum up, the most powerful factor among the three variables in influencingloyalty was pharmacy trust.Keywords: service quality, satisfaction, trust, commitment, loyalty

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jmpf

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Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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JMPF is the first open access journal in Indonesia specialized in both research of pharmaceutical management and pharmacy practice. Articles submitted in JMPF are peer reviewed, we accept review articles and original research articles with no submission/publication fees. JMPF receives manuscripts ...