the relationship between the Football Fans Association and loyalty behavior with the mediating role of personal and social ceremonies and the perceived customer value
Subject Areas :
Sport Event
Kazem Cheragh Birjandi
1
*
,
Reza Roshandel
2
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran
2 - Master of Sports Management, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran
Received: 2022-11-13
Accepted : 2023-02-18
Published : 2023-02-20
Keywords:
Perceived Value",
Loyalty Behavior",
Individual and Social Ceremonies",
Football",
Fan Association",
",
Abstract :
The aim of this research was to relate the association of football fans with loyalty behavior with the mediating role of personal and social rituals and perceived value. The research method is a descriptive-correlation type, which is carried out in the field. The statistical population of the research was the fans of the premier football league in 1400-1401. Due to the unlimited statistical population, 384 people were selected using the Morgan table. A multi-stage cluster sampling method was used. The research tools include Bayer et al.'s sports fan loyalty questionnaire (2008), Fazel Hassan et al.'s personal and social rituals questionnaire (2021), Fazel Hassan et al.'s sports fan association questionnaire (2021) and Eggert and Olaga's (2002) perceived value questionnaire. were used The research results showed that shared perceived value plays a mediating role in the relationship between fan associations and loyalty behavior; But the variable of individual and social rituals does not play this role. Also, the structural model of the research showed good fit according to the value of GOF = 0.45. Therefore, it is recommended that managers of sports teams create a favorable image of the value created in the fan's mind in order to create loyal behavior in football fan associations.
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Chiu, W.; Won, D. Influence of sports fan ethnocentrism on identification and media consumption intention: A preliminary
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Fazal-E-Hasan, S. M., Neale, L., Sekhon, H., Mortimer, G., Brittain, I., & Sekhon, J. (2021). The path to game-day attendance runs through sports fan rituals. Journal of Business Research, 137, 308-318.
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