The Analysis of Components of Brand Bravery in Customers of Sports Products (Case Study: Majid Brand)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate of Sport Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Sports Sciences, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the components of brand bravery in customers of sports products of Majid brand.

Methods: The method of the present study was applied in terms of purpose and had a descriptive-survey nature. Therefore, using the method of 10 to 15 times the number of items, 360 people were selected as a statistical sample. After distributing 400 questionnaires and removing incomplete questionnaires, 362 of them were selected and entered into the software for statistical analysis. In order to collect data, the standard brand bravery questionnaire (Jain et al., 2020) was used, which was translated into Persian and analyzed for validity in the target population. In order to confirm the validity of the instrument, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used.

Results: Based on the results, it was found that the average score of brand bravery and all its components indicate a favorable situation, so that their average score was more than 3. Also, there is a priority between the components of brand bravery, according to that the most important priority from the viewpoint of consumers was "enduring", and "fearless", "determined", "bold", "altruism", "gritty" and "courage" are the second to seventh priority.

Conclusion: Finally, the results indicate that the brand bravery questionnaire in sports is a multidimensional scale and can be used as a research tool in other non-clinical sports communities.

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Research in Sport Management and Marketing
Volume 3, Issue 4
October 2022
Pages 29-42

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