Sport Management
Ahmad Rajabi; seyed mohammad kashef; mohsen behnam
Abstract
With the global promotion of football as a popular sport, the study of football fans has attracted more attention as a research field. The present study aimed to examine and determine the factors influencing the formation of club football fans' identification. This research, using the Psychological Continuum ...
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With the global promotion of football as a popular sport, the study of football fans has attracted more attention as a research field. The present study aimed to examine and determine the factors influencing the formation of club football fans' identification. This research, using the Psychological Continuum Model, seeks to comprehensively investigate all factors affecting the identification formation of Iranian football club fans. For this purpose, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 27 football fans. Given the qualitative approach of the present research and the use of content analysis, coding was performed at three levels, including open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. Ultimately, 17 unique categories emerged as influential factors on fan identification in the four-level Psychological Continuum Model. These factors at the awareness level included team identity card, sociability factors, media, place and geography, football engagement, football leisure time, and demographic factors. The influential factors at the attraction level comprised football competitive elements, personal inclinations, and collectivism and social integration. Professional club factors, fan technicality, economic participation, and emotional involvement were influential at the attachment level, and ultimately, the loyalty phase included team-centered elements, football insight, and football culture. The present research demonstrated that most influential factors on identification formation occur at the awareness level and as fans move towards the loyalty level within the Psychological Continuum Model, the number of influential factors decreases, while the specialized football inclination increases.
Sport Management
Nima Hasanzadeh; Mehrdad Moharamzadeh; Farzad Nobakht
Abstract
The main goal of this research is to identify the consequences of the loyalty of fans of formula races in Iran in order to create a suitable platform for the recognition of these races in Iran and to take a big step in the direction of new research in the field of formula races in Iran. Also, identifying ...
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The main goal of this research is to identify the consequences of the loyalty of fans of formula races in Iran in order to create a suitable platform for the recognition of these races in Iran and to take a big step in the direction of new research in the field of formula races in Iran. Also, identifying these consequences leads to more awareness about the benefits of fan loyalty from Formula One races. The current research is practical in terms of its purpose and was conducted using a qualitative method using a descriptive phenomenological approach. In order to analyze the interview data, Claysey's method was used. The community participating in the research were experts related to the subject. The data collection tool in the qualitative part of the interview was semi-structured, and in order to review and categorize the information, MaxQuda software version 20 was used. Validity, transferability, trustworthiness and verifiability criteria were used to determine validity and reliability. by analyzing the findings obtained from the information of the participants in the research; The consequences of the loyalty of Formula One fans in Iran include: 37 sub-themes in the form of 5 main themes of economic development, increasing awareness, increasing popularity, media development and increasing fan capacity. Finally, we can say; The loyalty of the fans plays a central role in the all-round development of the Formula One races in Iran, and it becomes the basis for conducting more research in this field.
Saeed Hatami; Najaf Aghaei; Hossein Poorsoltan Zarandi; Hossein Akbari Yazdi
Volume 5, Issue 1 , April 2018, , Pages 89-98
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mediator of social responsibility in the relationship between professional ethics of managers and Behavioral Citizenship of the fans of football clubs. The research method was correlation and survey. The statistical population of this research ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mediator of social responsibility in the relationship between professional ethics of managers and Behavioral Citizenship of the fans of football clubs. The research method was correlation and survey. The statistical population of this research was all fans of the national football league in 2017-18, who were present at the Azadi Stadium to watch their favorite football matches. Using the sample size formula for an unlimited society, 320 people were selected as samples. The research Instruments were Eidi professional ethics questionnaire (2016), Bakhshande Social responsibility questionnaire (2012) and citizenship behavior Gruth questionnaire (2005). Collected data were analyzed by inferential methods such as pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation model. Research. results showed a positive and significant relationship between professional ethics, social responsibility citizenship behavior Fans. the output of the AMOS software showed that structural model is fit. (GFI = 0.91, IFI = 0.95, NFI = 0.96, CFI = 0.96 & RMSEA = 0.012). According to results it seems that The social responsibility of the club can act as a mediator between the professional ethics of managers and the citizenship behavior of the fans And professional ethics thus show their effects on the citizenship behavior of supporters.
Zahra Moradi; Kamal Houshyar; Maryam Sadri; Selda Hamed
Volume 1, Issue 2 , July 2014, , Pages 85-92
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Character of the present study was to investigate the relationship between professional teams and fans of team identity; case study deals with Premiership football. The purpose of this research is applied and the data collection and field of view is descriptive, analytical and post- event. On research ...
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Character of the present study was to investigate the relationship between professional teams and fans of team identity; case study deals with Premiership football. The purpose of this research is applied and the data collection and field of view is descriptive, analytical and post- event. On research required information using a questionnaire designed by the researchers to measure identity and team standard questionnaire character sports team Tostoy (2012) measure and is providing its population of 500 people, the fans of the League of cholera calculated sample size by using Total number of questionnaires measuring data using the relationship test - Pearson correlation was conducted and the results we found in the team 's identity, independence, high Tractor Persepolis and the fans, there available and most of the team 's fans, 's character all of its top evaluated and identity pro team sports team has a significant relationship with the character.
