Thinking outside the 'box': A discussion of sports fans, teams, and the environment in the context of COVID-19

B Mastromartino, WJ Ross, H Wear, ML Naraine - Sport in Society, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we examine the implications of sport stadiums closures during the COVID-19
global pandemic. The paper looks at the impact of sport stadium closures from three …

New media, digitalization, and the evolution of the professional sport industry

J Zheng, DS Mason - Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The professional sport industry achieved tremendous success in the traditional broadcast
media age, established a multi-sided market and an effective business model for revenue …

Affective outcomes of membership in a sport fan community

B Mastromartino, JJ Zhang - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this mini-review, we shed light on the important, yet under researched topic area in sport
management–understanding the role that emotion plays for members of sport fan …

Drivers of soccer fan loyalty: Australian evidence on the influence of team brand image, fan engagement, satisfaction and enduring involvement

JH Yun, PJ Rosenberger III, K Sweeney - Asia Pacific journal of …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to contribute to the extant sport marketing literature by
positing fan engagement, team brand image and cumulative fan satisfaction with the team …

Engaging fans through social media: implications for team identification

MD Meng, C Stavros, K Westberg - Sport, Business and Management …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose The ubiquity of social media provides sport organizations with opportunities to
communicate with fans and as a result, potentially strengthen team identification. The …

Investigating the role of fan club membership on perceptions of team brand equity in football

R Biscaia, S Ross, M Yoshida, A Correia… - Sport Management …, 2016 - Elsevier
Researchers have suggested that brand equity is vital for professional sport teams by
focusing on the examination of sport fans in general. The current study aims to examine the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of brand communities on public and private brand loyalty: A field study in professional sports

M Mills, P Oghazi, M Hultman, A Theotokis - Journal of Business Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This research examines the role that brand community plays in the relationship between
brand identification and brand loyalty. A theoretical framework was developed and tested …

Exploring customer-to-customer value co-creation platforms and practices in team sports

S Uhrich - Value co-creation in sport management, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
The consumption of team sports is highly popular and economically relevant. For example,
football (soccer)–the most popular team sport in Europe–generated a revenue of€ 16.9 …

The development and change of brand associations and their influence on team loyalty over time

T Kunkel, JP Doyle, DC Funk… - Journal of Sport …, 2016 - journals.humankinetics.com
The importance of team brand associations in sport management research is well
documented, but the formation and stability of these associations has not been investigated …

Motives to engage with sports brands on Facebook and Instagram–The case of a Portuguese football club

JC Machado, CC Martins, FC Ferreira… - International Journal of …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Social network sites are key marketing tools that allow brands to connect and
engage with consumers. However, there is still a lack of evidence of their value for football …