The purpose of this study is to examine the casual relations of expertise, trustworthiness, likability, similarity, advertising attitude, brand attitude, brand identification, brand image as well as purchase intention through the analysis of Structure...
The purpose of this study is to examine the casual relations of expertise, trustworthiness, likability, similarity, advertising attitude, brand attitude, brand identification, brand image as well as purchase intention through the analysis of Structure Equation Model, focusing on the theoretical structure. The concrete contents of this study is aimed at comparing and looking into the casual relations between celebrity athlete endorser's and advertising effect of each type of products, applying FCB Grid Model among advertising strategic models, through structural equation model(SEM) Analysis by group.
The objects of this study were students. 779 samples out of 800 samples through Quota convenience sampling, were adopted as a final data.
We confirmed the goodness of fit test of the model, utilizing SPSSWIN Ver. 12.0 and AMOS 4.0, and after which we tested each hypothesis. The results were as follows;
First, the trustworthiness, likability and similarity of the celebrity athlete endorser's had a significant influence on the advertising attitude. but the expertise of the celebrity athlete endorser's didn't have a significant influence on the advertising attitude.
Second, the advertising attitude had a significant influence on the brand, attitude brand identification and brand image. but the brand attitude didn't have a significant influence on the purchase intention.
Third, the brand attitude had a significant influence on the brand image and purchase intention.
Forth, the brand identification had a significant influence on the advertising attitude, brand image and purchase intention.
Fifth, the brand image had a significant influence on the purchase intention.
Lastly, the influences between variables by product types showed more or less differences in the channels between products. That is, the relation between the expertise and advertising attitude of the attributes of the celebrity athlete endorser's didn't show significant effect on all types of products. On the contrary, in the relationship between the trustworthiness and advertising attitude, the trustworthiness showed significant influence on all types of products. In the relation between likability and advertising attitude, rational products showed significant effect, and in the relation between similarity and the advertising attitude, only low involvement/rational products showed un-significant influence. In the relations between advertising attitude, brand attitude, brand identification, brand image and purchase intention, every product didn't show effect on purchasing intention. In the relationship between the brand attitude, brand image and purchase intention, high-involvement products showed un-significant effects on purchase intention. In the relationship between the brand identification, brand attitude, brand image, and purchase intention, high involvement/emotional products showed un-significant effect. In the relations between the brand image and purchase intention, only high involvement products showed significant influence.