Does Self-Monitoring Influence Golfers? Analysis of Golf Tourism Using the Existence–Relatedness–Growth Theory
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Sports Tourism
2.2. Tourism Needs: Existence–Relatedness–Growth (ERG) Theory
2.3. Self-Monitoring
2.4. Switching Intention
3. Research Model and Hypotheses
3.1. Relation between Tourism Needs and Self-Monitoring
3.2. Relation between Self-Monitoring and Switching Intention
3.3. Mediating Role of Self-Monitoring
4. Methods
4.1. Participants and Procedures
4.2. Research Tools
4.3. Pilot Study
4.4. Data Processing
5. Results
5.1. Confirmatory Factor Analysis
5.2. Correlation Analysis
5.3. Model Verification
6. Discussion
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Item | β | S.E | t-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Existence needs | To rest | 0.853 | ||
To get away from my daily life | 0.847 | 0.058 | 16.476 *** | |
To reduce stress | 0.880 | 0.054 | 17.457 *** | |
To regain vitality | 0.803 | 0.061 | 15.137 *** | |
CR = 0.900 AVE = 0.694 | ||||
Relatedness needs | To be with family/friends | 0.838 | ||
To maintain a good relationship with family/friends | 0.835 | 0.055 | 15.956 *** | |
To form a good relationship with family/friends | 0.913 | 0.056 | 18.310 *** | |
To make good memories with family/friends | 0.847 | 0.059 | 16.315 *** | |
CR = 0.921 AVE = 0.744 | ||||
Growth needs | To increase my value | 0.860 | ||
To use my time well | 0.912 | 0.052 | 20.503 *** | |
To find the meaning of life | 0.885 | 0.058 | 19.279 *** | |
To learn and discover new things | 0.967 | 0.050 | 23.117 *** | |
CR = 0.949 AVE = 0.822 | ||||
Self-monitoring | When I went on a trip during the COVID-19 pandemic, I was bothered by other people’s reactions. | 0.791 | ||
When I went on a trip during the COVID-19 pandemic, I was sensitive to other people’s feelings. | 0.827 | 0.072 | 14.009 *** | |
If someone says it is not right for me to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, I could alter my behavior. | 0.869 | 0.076 | 14.829 *** | |
When I went on a trip during the COVID-19 pandemic, I was conscious of people giving me bad looks. | 0.820 | 0.079 | 13.860 *** | |
CR = 0.903 AVE = 0.700 | ||||
Switching intention | I am likely to switch to online physical tourism activities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | 0.831 | ||
I am considering reducing tourism activities and increasing online tourism activities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | 0.891 | 0.065 | 15.708 *** | |
I will consider switching to online tourism activities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | 0.824 | 0.064 | 14.662 *** | |
CR = 0.887 AVE = 0.724 | ||||
GFI = 0.927, NFI = 0.903, RMSEA = 0.044 |
Path | Direct | Indirect | Total | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1 | H1a | Existence → Self-monitoring | 0.034 | 0.000 | 0.034 | Not supported |
H1b | Relatedness → Self-monitoring | 0.203 ** | 0.000 | 0.203 ** | Supported | |
H1c | Growth → Self-monitoring | 0.407 *** | 0.000 | 0.407 *** | Supported | |
H2 | Self-monitoring → Switching intention | 0.510 *** | 0.000 | 0.510 *** | Supported | |
H3 | H3a | Existence → Switching intention | 0.000 | 0.017 | 0.017 | Not supported |
H3b | Relatedness → Switching intention | 0.000 | 0.104 ** | 0.104 ** | Supported | |
H3c | Growth → Switching intention | 0.000 | 0.208 ** | 0.208 ** | Supported | |
GFI = 0.925, NFI = 0.901, RMSEA = 0.055 |
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Lee, J.-H.; Cho, H.-K.; Kim, M.-J. Does Self-Monitoring Influence Golfers? Analysis of Golf Tourism Using the Existence–Relatedness–Growth Theory. Sustainability 2022, 14, 12458. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912458
Lee J-H, Cho H-K, Kim M-J. Does Self-Monitoring Influence Golfers? Analysis of Golf Tourism Using the Existence–Relatedness–Growth Theory. Sustainability. 2022; 14(19):12458. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912458
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Ji-Hae, Hye-Kyung Cho, and Min-Jun Kim. 2022. "Does Self-Monitoring Influence Golfers? Analysis of Golf Tourism Using the Existence–Relatedness–Growth Theory" Sustainability 14, no. 19: 12458. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912458