Abstract
The consumption of risky sports continues to grow. Risky sports include activities such as skydiving, deep-sea diving, and parachuting that entail a high level of physical risk. To date, most studies of risky sports have tended to be more qualitative than quantitative and were based on participant observation. The research described here builds on earlier research by integrating the frameworks within which risky sports' consumption have been documented-drama, danger neutralization and peer identification, and extraordinary experiences-into an empirically testable model. The model is tested on the basis of responses from 72 individuals, who have been active in sports such as deep-sea diving, parachuting, and rock or mountain climbing. Substantial empirical support is found for the integrated, drama- and extraordinary-based frames of reference. The findings are used to generate managerial implications, a topic mostly neglected in previous research. J BUSN RES 2000. 47.237-251.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 237-251 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Business Research |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank Miss Dorit Gack, Dalia Hagiz, and Rinat Rabinovich for their help in data collection and Professor David Boush for comments made on an earlier draft. We also thank the associate editor and two anonymous reviewers for many helpful comments on an earlier draft. This research was supported in part by the Technion V.P.R. Fund.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Marketing