The effect of attachment to the event on the behavioral intentions of Premier League spectators with the mediating role of satisfaction and sense of place

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1 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran

2 PhD Student in Sports Management, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Sanandaj, Iran.

https://www.doi.org/10.34785/J021.2021.509

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of attachment to the event on the behavioral intentions of Premier League spectators with the mediating role of satisfaction and sense of place. The present study is an applied research in terms of purpose and quantitatively in terms of strategy and correlational in terms of implementation path, field data in terms of data collection and prospective in terms of time. The statistical population of the study includes all fans of Premier League football clubs. They make up at least 8 games from the club they watched live, so the sample size of the study was calculated using the Cochran's formula of 384 people who were purposefully selected. Funk and James (2006) Event Attachment Questionnaire Satisfaction with the location of Ramkison, Smith and Wheeler (2013), Behavioral intentions of Githmal et al. (1996) and finally Movahed et al. (2015) questionnaire to assess the sense of place. شد. The research hypotheses were analyzed at an error level of 5% using Smart PLS software. The results showed that attachment to place has an effect on satisfaction, sense of place and behavioral intentions. Sense of place affects behavioral intentions and satisfaction affects behavioral intentions. In addition, it was found that attachment to place has a positive and significant effect on the behavioral intentions of the brand through satisfaction. Finally, the results showed that in addition, it was found that attachment to place has a positive and significant effect on the behavioral intentions of the brand through a sense of place.

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