Antecedents of satisfaction and loyalty in different spectator tribes in a football context

Purpose: Extending existing research in a football context, this study explores how image and service quality influence spectator tribe satisfaction and loyalty and variations in behaviors depending on age, gender and emotional involvement. Design/methodology/approach: Spectators aged 18 years and o...

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Autores: Lamberti, Giuseppe|||0000-0002-8666-796X, Rialp Criado, Josep|||0000-0002-0656-1592, Simon, Alexandra|||0000-0003-0803-8997
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:318080
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/318080
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1108/ijsms-12-2020-0210
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Consumer tribes
Involvement
Multigroup comparison
Observed heterogeneity
PLS-SEM
Spectator satisfaction
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Sumario:Purpose: Extending existing research in a football context, this study explores how image and service quality influence spectator tribe satisfaction and loyalty and variations in behaviors depending on age, gender and emotional involvement. Design/methodology/approach: Spectators aged 18 years and older who attended Barcelona Football Club home La Liga matches were sampled. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze the model, and hybrid multigroup PLS-SEM was used to explore observed heterogeneity. Findings: Image and service quality both influence spectator satisfaction and loyalty. Satisfaction and loyalty are associated differently with three tribes: a nonpassionate tribe characterized by low emotional involvement and younger and older passionate tribes composed of emotionally involved spectators aged <30 and.