Johnson Morgan, Melissa and Summers, Jane and Sassenberg, Anne-Marie (2008) The impact of negative publicity on: an individual sporting celebrity's brand DNA; the brand DNA of their associated team and/or sport; and attitudes of their sponsors and partners. In: 6th Annual Sport Marketing Association Conference: Bridging the Gap: Bringing the World Down Under 6th Annual Sport Marketing Association Conference (SMA 2008), 16-19 July 2008, Gold Coast, Australia.
Abstract
The Australian sports industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. Sport celebrities have become brand identities and iconic marketing ‘products’ in their own right (Till 2001; Pornpitakpan 2003; Hughes & Shank 2005; Till & Shimp 1998; Charbonneau & Garland 2005). This means that the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of sports celebrities represent the core aspects of their brand DNA. Thus is it likely that both positive and negative incidents will have an impact on the ‘marketability’ of the celebrity and his or her associated team, club or sport in general.
The celebrity and/or their management in the Australian sports industry handle negative publicity with varying degrees of professionalism. Crisis management has received increasing attention in the sporting world, which may be correlated to the increasing worth of the industry and individual sports stars (Hughes & Shank 2005; Drew 2005). A brand’s association with an individual sport star carries an element of risk of the unexpected crisis (Drew 2005). In order to minimize the risk it is vital to conduct proper and thorough research into the impact of the unexpected crisis and the management of the crisis (Duncan 2005; Hale, Hale & Dulek 2006; Smith 2005; Strenski 1998).
The purpose of this paper is to propose a model that will allow empirical testing of the relationship between negative publicity associated with a sport celebrity and consumer’s perceptions of how that impacts upon celebrity’s, sponsor’s and team’s brand DNA. In particular the proposed model will compare an a priori measure of consumer’s perceptions of the sport celebrity’s, the sponsor’s and the team’s brand DNA with a post scandal measure to determine the relationship and impact of both sport and non-sport related scandals on brand DNA.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Permanent restricted access to paper due to publisher copyright restrictions. ISBN 978-0-646-50941-9 (CD-ROM). |
| Depositing User: | Dr Jane Summers |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Historic - Faculty of Business - School of Management and Marketing |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2009 00:35 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2013 01:18 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sport marketing; sport; marketing; reputation management |
| Fields of Research : | 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1504 Commercial Services > 150404 Sport and Leisure Management 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170113 Social and Community Psychology 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1505 Marketing > 150503 Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations) |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | B Economic Development > 91 Economic Framework > 9104 Management and Productivity > 910403 Marketing |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/5085 |
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