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Bakhshandeh H, Jalali Farahani M, Sajjadi S N. Fan reaction to the club's social responsibility: a case study of selected team of Iran's Football Pro League. JRSM 2016; 6 (11) :51-62
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Fan reaction to the club's social responsibility: a case study of selected team of Iran's Football Pro League
Hosein Bakhshandeh , Majid Jalali Farahani , Seyed Nasrollah Sajjadi
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of club's social responsibility on the fan's intention to purchasing the sponsors products. Population of this study was consists of the fans of three teams that selected of the Iranian Football Pro League. By using the formula to determine the sample size, it for infinite population obtained 384. For data collection, the social responsibility questionnaire and purchase intention questionnaire were used. By using the Views of 6 sports management professionals, the formal validity of the questionnaires was checked. To verify the Construct Validity of social responsibility instrument, Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were performed. In order to verify the normality of data distribution, the skewnes, and Kurtosis indexes were used. For data analysis, statistical tests such as mean, standard deviation, factor analysis, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression method were used. Results showed that all dimensions of social responsibility have a significant effect on the fans reaction. Based on the research results, it is recommended to the managers that activities such as participating in the games aimed at helping needy people, implementing the federation’s rules, support of sport for all are suitable for enhancing the fan Purchase intention.

Keywords: social responsibility, Purchase intention, football fans, pro League
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: sport management
Received: 2016/09/27 | Accepted: 2016/09/27 | Published: 2016/09/27
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