Show Me the Money: On Predicting Actual Purchases in Cross-National Sponsorship

Autor: Jeffrey James, Noni Zaharia, Simon Brandon-Lai
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: International Journal of Marketing Studies. 9:38
ISSN: 1918-7203
1918-719X
Popis: The improvements in new media technologies in conjunction with the expansion of innovative opportunities for marketing and consuming sport have played direct roles in the globalization of sport. However, those in the Sport Management academic field are still trying to understand the effect of culture on sport consumer behavior. Guided by Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory, the purpose of this study was to examine the sponsorship and cross-national relationships among the short-term/long-term orientation and individualism/collectivism cultural dimensions, attitude toward a sponsor, gratitude, purchase intentions, and actual purchases. Data were collected via longitudinal web surveys conducted with soccer fans from the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. The results from a structural equation model provided evidence that the individualism/collectivism cultural dimension had a significant effect on gratitude but not on actual purchases, and that the purchase intentions variable was a predictor of actual purchases.
Databáze: OpenAIRE