In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Scientific association of sport management

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Sport Management Faculty/University of Tabriz

2 Ph.D student, Sport Marketing Management University of Tabriz

3 M.A. Sport Management University of Tabriz

Abstract

At the beginning of the third millennium, a new  era has experienced the world of sports. Successful clubs are always looking for thods and tools  as competitive advantages and for continuous improvement and improvement. One of these tools is customer relationship management, which is  nowadays titled Electronic Customer Relationship Management(E-CRM) with the development of technology and communications. The purpose of this study was, analysis the mediating role of quality of ticket sale electronic services the performance of E-CRM of League Football matches of Iran. The research method is descriptive survey. The population of this research is spectators of sports events. For data collection was used, Al Momanyi and Nor (2009) a questionnaire. The results of hypothesis testing can be software SMART-PLS and using the t test and path analysis (B), respectively. The results showed; there is direct communication between (ease of use, usability, joy of Service) with E-CRM performance, also a significant and positive impact mediating role of quality of electronic services the effect of service (ease of use, usability, joy of service), the performance of E-CRM, was confirmed. So it can be concluded, E-CRM as a strategy, software, process and should have a special place in the sports industry in Iran. Although there are the problems in the implementation of infrastructure, but the basic conceptual models can be being Good starting point for operation of electronic customer relationship management (E-CRM) in clubs.

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