TY - CHAP
T1 - The influence of sports fan ethnocentrism on major league baseball game viewing behavior
T2 - A cross-cultural study of Korea and Taiwan
AU - Chiu, Weisheng
AU - Bae, Jung Sup
AU - Won, Doyeon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, IGI Global.
PY - 2015/1/31
Y1 - 2015/1/31
N2 - The aim of this chapter is to investigate the influence of Sports Fan Ethnocentrism (SFE) on the viewing behavior toward Major League Baseball (MLB) games in Korea and Taiwan. The survey was conducted by interviewing respondents from Korea and Taiwan who watched MLB in the 2013 season. It was discovered that Korean viewers have stronger SFE than Taiwanese viewers, and male viewers have a higher level of SFE than females in both countries. Moreover, the results of testing the proposed model revealed that SFE has a positive influence on the attitude toward MLB, which in turn has a positive influence on MLB viewing intention. Although a direct relationship between SFE and viewing intention was not found, a full mediation effect of the attitude toward MLB on the relationship between SFE and viewing intention was confirmed. Differences of the model for Korean and Taiwanese fans are observed and discussed.
AB - The aim of this chapter is to investigate the influence of Sports Fan Ethnocentrism (SFE) on the viewing behavior toward Major League Baseball (MLB) games in Korea and Taiwan. The survey was conducted by interviewing respondents from Korea and Taiwan who watched MLB in the 2013 season. It was discovered that Korean viewers have stronger SFE than Taiwanese viewers, and male viewers have a higher level of SFE than females in both countries. Moreover, the results of testing the proposed model revealed that SFE has a positive influence on the attitude toward MLB, which in turn has a positive influence on MLB viewing intention. Although a direct relationship between SFE and viewing intention was not found, a full mediation effect of the attitude toward MLB on the relationship between SFE and viewing intention was confirmed. Differences of the model for Korean and Taiwanese fans are observed and discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84946138503&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-4666-7527-8.ch007
DO - 10.4018/978-1-4666-7527-8.ch007
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84946138503
SN - 1466675276
SN - 9781466675278
SP - 114
EP - 129
BT - Emerging Trends and Innovation in Sports Marketing and Management in Asia
ER -