This study is aimed at identifying the relationship among brand evaluation, brand identification, brand relationship, and brand loyalty towards professional baseball title sponsors in an empirical manner. The target of this study is 'Korea Yakult,' a baseball title sponsor in 2014. A survey was conducted on 377 home crowd members of Nexen, Doosan, LG and SK based in metropolitan regions. Sampling method was Convenience Sampling Mode, and questionnaire has been structured to be self-administerd type. SPSSWIN Ver. 21.0 and AMOS 18.0 have been used for data processing. The findings are as follows. First, the brand reputation had a significant impact on brand identification. Second, the brand satisfaction had no significant impact on brand identification. Third, the brand attitude had a significant impact on brand identification. Fourth, the brand identification had a significant impact on brand suitability. Fifth, the brand identification had a significant impact on brand attachment. Sixth, the brand identification had a significant impact on brand knowledge. Seventh, the brand suitability had a significant impact on brand loyalty. Eighth, the brand attachment had a significant impact on brand loyalty. Ninth, the brand knowledge had a significant impact on brand loyalty.
This study was aimed at empirically analyzing the impact of conspicuous consumption of MTB club members and influence of the reference group on club identification, MTB attitude, and relation continuity intention through structural equation modeling. To accomplish the objective, 250 adult men and women who were involved in MTB clubs in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Chungcheong areas were surveyed. As for sampling method, self-administered questionnaires were sent out through the mail, which were collected through visits. To verify the proposed structural model, SPSS WIN Ver. 21.0 and AMOS 18.0 were used. It led to the following results. First, conspicuous consumption didn't have a positive impact on club identification. Second, conspicuous consumption had a negative impact on MTB attitude. Third, the influence of reference group had a positive impact on club identification. Fourth, the influence of reference group had a positive impact on MTB attitude. Fifth, club identification had a positive impact on relation continuity intention. Sixth, MTB attitude had a positive impact on relation continuity intention.
