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Promoting fan engagement: an exploration of the fundamental motives for sport consumption amongst premier league football spectators

dc.contributor.authorStander, Frederick W.
dc.contributor.authorVan Zyl, Llewellyn E.
dc.contributor.authorMotaung, Kemiso
dc.contributor.researchID20562594 - Stander, Frederick Wilhelm
dc.contributor.researchID13156217 - Van Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-16T12:57:58Z
dc.date.available2017-05-16T12:57:58Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to examine whether fan engagement could be predicted by the motivational dimensions of sport consumption. A sample of 806 football sport fans (African = 85%, male = 67.4%, part of an organised supporters club = 57.6%) were participants. They completed the Fan Engagement Scale (FES), the Motivation Scale for Sport Consumption (MSSC) and a biographical questionnaire. Structural equation modelling was applied to evaluate the postulated regressive paths between the motivational dimensions for sports consumption and fan engagement. The motivational dimensions for sport consumption were clustered into personal and game-related factors. Both these clusters of factors were predictive of fan engagement. Customer engagement (CE) theory appears to explain the findings.
dc.identifier.citationStander, F.W. et al. 2016. Promoting fan engagement: an exploration of the fundamental motives for sport consumption amongst premier league football spectators. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 26(4):309-315. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14330237.2016.1208920]
dc.identifier.issn1433-0237
dc.identifier.issn1815-5626 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14330237.2016.1208920
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/24690
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.subjectFan engagement
dc.subjectmotivation for sport consumption
dc.subjectconsumer behaviour
dc.subjectcustomer engagement theory
dc.subjectstructural equation modelling
dc.titlePromoting fan engagement: an exploration of the fundamental motives for sport consumption amongst premier league football spectators
dc.typeArticle

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