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A Study on the Determinants of Fans' Team Identification in KBO League : Focused on the Effects of Kids Marketing

프로야구 팬의 팀 동일시에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구: 응원시작 연령의 효과를 중심으로

  • Received : 2015.12.09
  • Accepted : 2016.01.05
  • Published : 2016.01.31
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Abstract

This study examined the factors affecting the team identification of professional baseball fans. The factors were divided into the fan factor, game factors, and other factors. For the analysis, two investigators visited stadium three times in total and a total number of 297 spectators were sampled using a convenience sampling method from three baseball teams. For the fan factor, a fan who began supporting his/her team from childhood or after childhood was used as a dummy variable. The interaction effects between the fan factor and other variables were investigated to offer a stereoscopic understanding about the role of kids marketing. In addition, three game factors and four non-game factors were analyzed. The results regarding fan variable and interaction effects were obtained. Fans from their childhood have much stronger team identification, and show interaction effects with the players. Regression analysis revealed player, promotion and fan service, price, and regional connection to have positive relations with team identification. This study is especially meaningful in a sense that it has proposed positive results regarding marketing to children, and the results will contribute to both the academic field and the industry.

본 연구의 목적은 국내 프로야구 팬들이 갖는 팀 동일시에 영향을 미치는 요인을 개인 요인, 경기 요인, 경기외적 요인으로 구분하여 종합적으로 분석하는 것이다. 이를 위해 2015년 9월 중 수도권 및 지방에 소재한 3개 야구장을 방문하여 편의표본추출법에 의해 총 297부의 설문지를 수집하였으며, 다중회귀분석을 통하여 구체적인 영향력을 파악하였다. 본 연구에서 가장 관심을 갖는 것은 개인 요인으로, 특정 팀에 대한 응원을 시작한 시기가 유소년기 이전일 경우 팀 동일시에 더욱 강한 영향을 미칠 것이라는 가설을 검증하였다. 그 밖에 세 개의 경기 요인과 네 개의 경기외적 요인을 설정하고 응원시작연령과 경기 요인들 간, 그리고 응원시작연령과 경기외적 요인들 간의 교호효과를 분석하였다. 이를 통해 매우 흥미로운 결과가 도출되었는데, 유소년 기에 응원을 시작한 팬들이 그렇지 않은 팬들에 비해 확연하게 강한 팀 동일시 정도를 나타낸다는 것이다. 또한 이 경우 선수 요인이 팀 동일시에 미치는 긍정적 영향을 더욱 강화하는 것으로 밝혀져, 교호효과 역시 일부 존재하는 것으로 분석되었다. 경기 요인과 경기외적 요인 중에서는 선수, 판촉 및 팬 서비스, 가격, 연고지 요인이 팀 동일시에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 기존에 거의 시도되지 않았던 스포츠 산업에서의 아동마케팅의 효과를 실증 분석함으로써 이론적 발전에 기여함은 물론 프로구단으로 하여금 보다 강력한 유소년 마케팅 정책을 펼치도록 하는데 도움을 주는 전략적 시사점을 제공했다는 데에서 의의를 찾을 수 있다.

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