Consumer loyalty: The meaning of attachment in the development of sport team allegiance

Journal of Sport Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-217

  Funk, Daniel C ^a,c   James, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33645961012     PISSN: 08884773     EISSN: 1543270X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsm.20.2.189     Document Type: Article

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