A Sport Commitment Model Perspective on Adult Tennis Players' Participation Frequency and Purchase Intention

Sport Management Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-278

  Casper, Jonathan M ^a   Gray, Dianna P ^b   Babkes Stellino, Megan ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

participation frequency; purchase intention; sport commitment; sport participation; tennis

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749111424     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1441-3523(07)70014-1     Document Type: Article

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