Understanding why people play fantasy sport: development of the Fantasy Sport Motivation Inventory (FanSMI)

European Sport Management Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-199

  Lee, Seunghwan ^a   Seo, Won Jae ^a   Green, B Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

becoming a general manager head coach; fantasy sport; motivation scale development; point of attachment; substitute for a losing team

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876300292     PISSN: 16184742     EISSN: 1746031X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2012.752855     Document Type: Article

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