Esports sponsorship : an empirical examination of esports consumers’ perceptions of non-endemic sponsors

Hüttermann, Marcel; Trail, Galen T.; Pizzo, Anthony D.; Stallone, Valerio

doi:10.1080/24704067.2020.1846906

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Esports sponsorship : an empirical examination of esports consumers’ perceptions of non-endemic sponsors
Authors:	Hüttermann, Marcel Trail, Galen T. Pizzo, Anthony D. Stallone, Valerio
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1080/24704067.2020.1846906
Published in:	Journal of Global Sport Management
Issue Date:	2020
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	2470-4067 2470-4075
Language:	English
Subjects:	Spectator; Sponsorship; Sports management; eSports; Motive
Subject (DDC):	658.8: Marketing management 700: The arts and entertainment
Abstract:	Traditional sport organizations and their sponsors are beginning to embrace esports, but the effectiveness of non-endemic sponsorships in esports remains uncertain. Esports consumers are notoriously hostile to organizations they perceive as seeking to exploit them – including the growing ranks of non-endemics seeking to capitalize on the youth- and tech-centric esports industry. The purpose of this study is to evaluate esports consumers’ perceptions of non-endemic sponsorships. We adapt a well established sport sponsorship model to the context of esports to test key relationships’ salience to sponsors. We demonstrate that non-endemic sponsors can benefit from esports team sponsorship through enhanced attitudes, perceived goodwill, and product purchase intentions. Moreover, we find that there is only a small effect of esports brand attitude on attitude toward the sponsor, yet a larger effect on perceived goodwill and product purchase intentions. This suggests that firms with limited marketing budgets can benefit from increased goodwill and purchase intentions by sponsoring emerging esports teams who provide low-cost sponsorship opportunities.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/21365
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Marketing Management (IMM)
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Hüttermann, M., Trail, G. T., Pizzo, A. D., & Stallone, V. (2020). Esports sponsorship : an empirical examination of esports consumers’ perceptions of non-endemic sponsors. Journal of Global Sport Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2020.1846906

Hüttermann, M. et al. (2020) ‘Esports sponsorship : an empirical examination of esports consumers’ perceptions of non-endemic sponsors’, Journal of Global Sport Management [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2020.1846906.

M. Hüttermann, G. T. Trail, A. D. Pizzo, and V. Stallone, “Esports sponsorship : an empirical examination of esports consumers’ perceptions of non-endemic sponsors,” Journal of Global Sport Management, 2020, doi: 10.1080/24704067.2020.1846906.

HÜTTERMANN, Marcel, Galen T. TRAIL, Anthony D. PIZZO und Valerio STALLONE, 2020. Esports sponsorship : an empirical examination of esports consumers’ perceptions of non-endemic sponsors. Journal of Global Sport Management. 2020. DOI 10.1080/24704067.2020.1846906

Hüttermann, Marcel, Galen T. Trail, Anthony D. Pizzo, and Valerio Stallone. 2020. “Esports Sponsorship : An Empirical Examination of Esports Consumers’ Perceptions of Non-Endemic Sponsors.” Journal of Global Sport Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2020.1846906.

Hüttermann, Marcel, et al. “Esports Sponsorship : An Empirical Examination of Esports Consumers’ Perceptions of Non-Endemic Sponsors.” Journal of Global Sport Management, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2020.1846906.