“We're Gators … Not Just Gator Fans”: Serious Leisure and University of Florida Football

Gibson, Heather; Willming, Cynthia; Holdnak, Andrew

doi:10.1080/00222216.2002.11949979

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“…Attending a match with others provides access to interpersonal interactions, shared experiences (Gibson et al, 2002), and opportunities to consume as play (Holt, 1995). As Gibson et al (2002, p. 419) observed in a study of Florida Gators spectators: "memories… were not only centred on the successes and failures of the team, but also on the people with whom they shared these experiences."…”

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“…Consumers attend matches in a variety of relational groups. For example, researchers discuss the importance of relational interactions with friends and family (Gibson et al, 2002;Katz & Heere, 2013;Lock, Taylor, Funk, & Darcy, 2012;Spaaij & Anderson, 2010), work groups (Katz & Heere, 2013), and social categories (e.g., religious group, ethnicity; Heere & James, 2007). We discuss the benefits of belonging to these different relational groups in three categories: external socialisation, new relationships, and enrichment.…”

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“…Researchers pioneering this shift have investigated the implications of belonging to supporter groups (Bernache-Assollant, Bouchet, Auvergne, & Lacassagne, 2011;Giulianotti, 2002;Tyler, 2013), tailgates 2 (James, Breezeel, & Ross, 2001;Katz & Heere, 2013;Katz & Heere, 2015), and attending matches with friends and family (Gibson et al, 2002). Each study provides novel insights into the benefits and implications of belonging to groups within a superordinate identity.…”

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“…Many stadiums come alive due to the colour and noise created by sub-sections of spectators (Giulianotti, 2002;Holt, 1995). Consumers also watch and experience sport with friends, family, and colleagues (Gibson, Willming, & Holdnak, 2002).…”

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The Multiple In-group Identity Framework

Lock

Funk

2016

Sport Management Review

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The effects of team identification on sport consumer behaviour are well established.Recent research, however, has moved beyond this perspective to examine the influence of groups within and beyond the team identity on consumption. Assimilating previous research findings, we advance a Multiple In-group Identity Framework (MIIF), which consists of three levels: (1) superordinate (i.e., team identity), (2) subgroup (e.g., specific stadium area), and (3) relational group (e.g., friends or family). The MIIF conceptualises the complex array of groups to which a consumer may belong within a superordinate identity. Each level includes groups with varying degrees of inclusiveness, homogeneity, and interpersonal attachment between members.Individuals seek out sub and relational group membership because solely identifying at the superordinate level may not provide optimal distinctiveness or sufficient interpersonal attachment. This provides additional self-concept benefits that nourish and operate in complement with the superordinate identification. The extent that different in-group identities influence behaviour relates to their importance in a consumer's self-concept and relevance to context. We provide implications for theory and practice.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Multiple In-group Identity Framework

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2016

Sport Management Review

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“…Por exemplo, a a liação clubística intensa transforma profundamente o indivíduo, adepto nos seus comportamentos e crenças em relação ao seu quotidiano 1 .…”

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Perspectiva ecológica na determinação de percursos desportivos contrastantes em jovens futebolistas

Domingues

Cavichioli

Gonçalves

2014

Rev. bras. educ. fís. esporte

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ResumoPretendeu-se examinar as infl uências contextuais e sócio-ambientais nas atitudes e comportamentos dos jovens na sua participação desportiva. Participaram 24 jovens jogadores de futebol de um Clube de Orientação Profi ssional (COP), divididos em quatro escalões dos sub 14 aos sub 17. Participaram em entrevistas de grupo sobre a sua participação desportiva, caracterização do contexto de prática e relações interpessoais. O clima de grupo, entre os pares, foi positivamente referido pelos jovens como importante. A procura de estatuto e reconhecimento, a par da aspiração ao profi ssionalismo foi referido como importante no trajeto desportivo. Os pais são importantes agentes na participação desportiva e a relação do jovem com o treinador mostrou-se infl uente no clima motivacional percepcionado pelos jovens. Os resultados determinam importantes ativos a ter em consideração na construção da estrutura de treino em jovens inseridos em clubes profi ssionais. A participação desportiva dos jovens atletas precisa ter em consideração o contexto de prática de forma a promover um desenvolvimento positivo.

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Leisure, Popular Culture and

Stebbins¹

2007

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

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Mukerji and Schudson (1991: 3) define popular culture as a widely shared set of beliefs and practices that people use to organize certain objects, these objects also being part of that culture. This intentionally general definition (formulated to avoid terminological haggling) encompasses folk beliefs, practices, and objects generated in political and commercial centers. It also includes the handful of elite cultural forms that have, by curious quirk of fate, managed to become popular.

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“We're Gators … Not Just Gator Fans”: Serious Leisure and University of Florida Football

Cited by 183 publications

References 40 publications

The Multiple In-group Identity Framework

The Multiple In-group Identity Framework

Perspectiva ecológica na determinação de percursos desportivos contrastantes em jovens futebolistas

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