Volume 13, Issue 26 (12-2023)                   JRSM 2023, 13(26): 88-100 | Back to browse issues page

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1- of central tehran azad university , farshad.tojari@gmail.com
2- of central tehran azad university
3- of central tehran eslamic azad university
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The general purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of relationship quality on the presence, media and purchasing behavior of fans of Iran's premier football league teams. The current research was a descriptive research of the correlation type. The statistical sample was the fans of the Premier Football League of Iran 1399-1400 season, who were selected by proportional sampling method. In this research, the relationship quality, attendance, media and shopping questionnaires of Kim et al. (2011) were used. The results showed that the quality of the relationship with regression coefficients of 0.63, 0.57 and 0.65 and critical ratios of 18.48, 16.97 and 17.72 respectively on the behavior of buying goods, media and attendance at the stadium of League fans. Iran's top football has a significant positive effect.

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: sport management
Received: 2023/03/10 | Accepted: 2023/11/23 | ePublished ahead of print: 2023/11/23 | Published: 2023/12/29

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36. Gholizadeh B, Talebpour M, Kashtidar M. The Relationship Marketing: A Predictor of Sport Consumers' Buying Behavior (A Study of Women's Fitness Clubs in Mashhad). New Trends in Sport Management. 2015;3(10):73-84.

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