factors affecting intention to buy of islamic azad university students to foreign brands of economy and clothing (case study: all students of islamic azad university in tehran)

the present study aimed to investigate and identify factors affecting the intention to buy of islamic azad university students to foreign brands of clothing among the students of this university in tehran has been carried out. in which the impact of individual characteristics (unique needs and brand attitude) and normative characteristics of students (normative influence and brand awareness) on model of cognitive - emotional intention to buy was studied. present study is kind of survey and to collect research data, a questionnaire that in combination of different sources available in research literature has been designed, was used. in order to achieve the objectives of the study, 384 students of islamic azad university in tehran who knowingly bought foreign brands of clothing, was selected. to analyse the data from the tests of confirmatory factor analysis (cfa) and structural equation modeling (sem) was used and the two software package of lisrel and pls smart have used. research findings showed that the individual characteristics students on the perceived quality of foreign brands of clothing have a significant and positive impact. as well as individual and normative characteristics of students on the emotional value of foreign brands of clothing and emotional value of foreign brands of clothing also has a significant and positive impact on intention to buy of students. the other hand, the impact of normative characteristics of students on the perceived quality of foreign brands of clothing and the perceived quality also on intention to buy of students was not significant.