The study presents the strategic implication of professional baseball team's social responsibility activities by analyzing the relationship among the different types of social responsibility activities, sports consumer awareness , team image, team at...
The study presents the strategic implication of professional baseball team's social responsibility activities by analyzing the relationship among the different types of social responsibility activities, sports consumer awareness , team image, team attitude, repurchase behavior and recommendation intention. Through these findings, the study will be able to provide the practical marketing plan for professional baseball team's social responsibility activities which is more fitted for its characteristics.
The questionnaires were distributed to spectators in professional baseball matches, the total of 300 collected data were used for analyzing. The study was conducted by structural equation model analysis.
The results of this study are as follows,
First, among the different types of social responsibility activities, donation based on social service activities were positively influenced on team image, but other types of activities have not been influenced to team image.
Second, the team image formed by social responsibility activities significantly affected to team attitude.
Third, the team image formed by social responsibility activities was not affected to repurchase behavior and recommendation intention.
Fourth, team attitude had a significant influence on repurchase behavior and recommendation intention.
Fifth, by examining the mediated effect of team image, repurchase behavior, recommendation intention and team attitude, team attitude performed mediated role to team image, repurchase behavior and recommendation intention.
In conclusion, in terms of marketing, professional baseball team's social responsibility activities are highly effective to management performance. As annual expenditure on professional baseball team's social responsibility activities has been increased, it is essential to identify the desirable directions and consumer's psychological reactions on social responsibility activities of the professional baseball team.
This study suggested donation based on social service activities was the most effective types of social responsibility activities. Therefore, the study presents it is appropriate to allocate the budget for social responsibility activities such as team players direct donation for the beneficiaries and social performance. In addition, the study suggests the development of systematic and strategic plan to improve the social responsibility activities.