Children’s game-day experiences and effects of community groups

Date

2018-05-18

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Abstract

Sport management research that examines children as a distinct group of sport consumers is sparse, and therefore the authors know relatively little about how and why children become fans of sport teams. The purpose of this paper is to explore the game-day experiences of children in order to better understand how these experiences allow children to socialize into the team community and become fans of the team.

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Management science, Sports and Tourism, Corporate governance, Children, Sports spectators, Socialization

Citation

Katherine Rose Nakamoto Reifurth, Matthew J. Bernthal, & Bob Heere. (2018). Children’s game-day experiences and effects of community groups. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 8(3), 257–275. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-11-2017-0077

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