Local Support on Sports Tourism Development: An Integration of Emotional Solidarity and Social Exchange Theory

Marie Kris Giango, Rodel Hintapan, Michael Suson, Ivy Batican, Looverville Quiño, Ludimie Capuyan, Jose Marie Anoos, Jannen Batoon, Joerabell Lourdes Aro, Fatima Maturan, Kafferine Yamagishi, Gamaliel Gonzales, Angelo Burdeos and Lanndon Ocampo ()
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Marie Kris Giango: College of Management and Entrepreneurship at Danao Campus, Cebu Technological University, Danao City 6004, Philippines
Rodel Hintapan: College of Management and Entrepreneurship at Danao Campus, Cebu Technological University, Danao City 6004, Philippines
Michael Suson: College of Management and Entrepreneurship at Danao Campus, Cebu Technological University, Danao City 6004, Philippines
Ivy Batican: College of Management and Entrepreneurship at Danao Campus, Cebu Technological University, Danao City 6004, Philippines
Looverville Quiño: College of Management and Entrepreneurship at Danao Campus, Cebu Technological University, Danao City 6004, Philippines
Ludimie Capuyan: College of Management and Entrepreneurship at Danao Campus, Cebu Technological University, Danao City 6004, Philippines
Jose Marie Anoos: College of Management and Entrepreneurship at Danao Campus, Cebu Technological University, Danao City 6004, Philippines
Jannen Batoon: Educational Research and Resource Center, Cebu Technological University, Danao City 6004, Philippines
Joerabell Lourdes Aro: Center for Applied Mathematics and Operations Research, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City 6000, Philippines
Fatima Maturan: Center for Applied Mathematics and Operations Research, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City 6000, Philippines
Kafferine Yamagishi: Center for Applied Mathematics and Operations Research, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City 6000, Philippines
Gamaliel Gonzales: Graduate School at Danao Campus, Cebu Technological University, Danao City 6004, Philippines
Angelo Burdeos: School of Business and Economics, University of San Carlos, Cebu City 6000, Philippines
Lanndon Ocampo: Center for Applied Mathematics and Operations Research, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City 6000, Philippines

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-26

Abstract: Globally, sports tourism is considered a vital type of tourism that combines sports and tourism to attract tourists, contribute to the economy, and promote local culture. Despite its straightforward relevance, the current literature finds some drawbacks of the social exchange theory (SET) in modeling local support in tourism development, particularly when dealing with emotional interactions among tourists and locals. Thus, this study integrates the emotional solidarity construct (i.e., welcoming nature, sympathetic understanding, and emotional closeness), residents’ attitudes, and the extension of SET (i.e., support for sports tourism, community contribution, and future support for sports tourism development) to model the residents’ support for future sports tourism development, with personality traits as a moderating variable between emotional solidarity and attitude. This study uses random sampling to obtain the response from 1004 residents in Danao City (Philippines)—an emerging destination for sporting events. Furthermore, partial least squares—structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is utilized to examine the direct relationships among the exogenous and endogenous constructs and the moderating effect of personality traits (i.e., Big Five personality traits). The results revealed that all direct relationships were supported, indicating that those emotional interactions among tourists and residents would affect the latter’s view on their support for sports tourism which would consequently translate to support for future development agenda. However, the moderating effect of the personality traits was not supported. Furthermore, a multigroup analysis was conducted to gain more profound implications on the varying attitudes of the residents towards sports tourism. Based on the study’s findings, insights were drawn for governments to design specific measures for developing sports tourism in view of local support.

Keywords: Big Five personality traits; emotional solidarity; social exchange theory; structural equation modeling; local support; sports tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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