TY  - GEN
AU  - Sumida, Ken
AU  - Wooliscroft, Ben
AU  - Sam, Michael
SN  - 2164-0599
AU  - Sumida, Ken
AU  - Wooliscroft, Ben
AU  - Sam, Michael
LA  - eng
CN  - ENP-3fb0008a-550c-4f09-8942-6bdbe272ae78
TI  - Sports fans and psychological ownership: the team as a cultural institution
PY  - 2015
AB  - The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between psychological ownership and fandom, through a case study of a Japanese football team and its fans. Extending McCracken's model, we set research five questions. In-depth interviews were undertaken with 16 fans categorized into two groups, fans (n = 9) and super fans, members of organized groups (n = 7). The interview protocol was semi-structured. Thematic coding was employed, which is designed to enhance comparability between plural groups. The findings indicated that cultural and individual meanings were transferred to the team brand and fans linked the meanings through their own rituals, which shaped psychological ownership and fan identity. Moreover, this paper contributes to sport management scholarship by indicating that psychological ownership is conceptually different to team identification.
ER  -