Author URLs
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Subject: LCSH
Sports spectators, Sports for women
Disciplines
Sports Management
Abstract
To date, few studies have focused on understanding fans of women’s sport, which is especially true with regard to consumption intentions. This study was undertaken to 1) examine fans’ attitudes toward women’s sports, including both cognitive and affective evaluations as related to consumption intentions; 2) identify salient product attributes of women’s sports related to fans’ consumption intentions; and 3) examine group differences on attitudes. Multiple regression analysis and multivariate analysis of variance were conducted to address the research questions. Results of the study revealed that both cognitive and affective aspects of attitude were predictive of women’s sport fans’ consumption intentions. In addition, study results indicated excitement and entertainment price as two salient product-attributes of women’s sports that predicted consumption intentions. Lastly, differences in attitudes between former athletes and non-athletes and age groups were found.
DOI
10.18666/JASM-2016-V8-I4-7221
Repository Citation
Mumcu, C., Lough, N. L., Barnes, J. C. (2016). Examination of Women’s Sports Fans’ Attitudes and Consumption Intentions. Journal of Applied Sport Management, 8(4), 25-47.
Publisher Citation
Mumcu, C., Lough, N. L., Barnes, J. C. (2016). Examination of Women’s Sports Fans’ Attitudes and Consumption Intentions. Journal of Applied Sport Management, 8(4), 25-47.
Comments
Copyright (c) 2016 Sagamore Publishing LLC. This is the authors' accepted version of the article published in Journal of Applied Sport Management. The version of record can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.18666/JASM-2016-V8-I4-7221 Re-posted with permission.