Exploring the influence of audiences’ subjective well-being in sport event: the moderating role of leisure engagement

Drawing on leisure coping theory, this study examines how negative impacts of sport events influence audiences’ subjective well-being, which further affects the support of the event. Leisure engagement is further employed to test its moderating effect of this relationship. By distributing questionna...

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Main Authors: Juan Tang, Jiayu Wu, Ben Kok Goh
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Language:English
Published: University of the Algarve - ESGHT - CIEO 2020-01-01
Series:Tourism & Management Studies
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Online Access:https://www.tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/1168
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description Drawing on leisure coping theory, this study examines how negative impacts of sport events influence audiences’ subjective well-being, which further affects the support of the event. Leisure engagement is further employed to test its moderating effect of this relationship. By distributing questionnaires on-site during the on-going four days of the Macau Grand Prix 2018, 620 valid audiences were surveyed. The findings suggest that (a) audiences’ perceived negative impact of the Macau Grand Prix negatively influence their subjective well-being, (b) when the leisure engagement was low, the negative relationship between negative impact of the Macau Grand Prix and audiences’ subjective well-being was alleviated, and (c) the indirect effects of audiences’ perceived negative impact on support for sport events via subjective well-being was buffered by leisure engagement, such that the indirect effects were only found in dyads with lower leisure engagement, but not in dyads with higher leisure engagement. Theoretical contribution and practical implications for Macau government and organization of the Macau Grand Prix were also discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-cde9aa9d1c4342d9a3c275624e0494082025-01-07T22:42:07ZengUniversity of the Algarve - ESGHT - CIEOTourism & Management Studies2182-84662020-01-01161716https://doi.org/10.18089/tms.2019.160101Exploring the influence of audiences’ subjective well-being in sport event: the moderating role of leisure engagementJuan Tang 0Jiayu Wu 1Ben Kok Goh 2Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macao Unviersity of Science and Technology Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macao Unviersity of Science and Technology Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macao Unviersity of Science and TechnologyDrawing on leisure coping theory, this study examines how negative impacts of sport events influence audiences’ subjective well-being, which further affects the support of the event. Leisure engagement is further employed to test its moderating effect of this relationship. By distributing questionnaires on-site during the on-going four days of the Macau Grand Prix 2018, 620 valid audiences were surveyed. The findings suggest that (a) audiences’ perceived negative impact of the Macau Grand Prix negatively influence their subjective well-being, (b) when the leisure engagement was low, the negative relationship between negative impact of the Macau Grand Prix and audiences’ subjective well-being was alleviated, and (c) the indirect effects of audiences’ perceived negative impact on support for sport events via subjective well-being was buffered by leisure engagement, such that the indirect effects were only found in dyads with lower leisure engagement, but not in dyads with higher leisure engagement. Theoretical contribution and practical implications for Macau government and organization of the Macau Grand Prix were also discussed.https://www.tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/1168subjective well-beingleisure engagementsport eventsupport for events
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support for events
title Exploring the influence of audiences’ subjective well-being in sport event: the moderating role of leisure engagement
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title_short Exploring the influence of audiences’ subjective well-being in sport event: the moderating role of leisure engagement
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leisure engagement
sport event
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