Community Interaction Ritual，Emotional Energy and Fans’ Loyalty

doi:10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2021.03.011

Abstract

Abstract:

It has been recognized that brand community plays an important role in attracting loyal fans both online and offline. This paper explores the mechanism through which community interaction rituals, a fundamental component of brand community, influence fans’ loyalty. Based on the valid scales, combining with the fan group interview, a questionnaire was designed and investigated. With collected valid samples, confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation model analysis and hypothesis testing were conducted by partial least square method. The results show that interpersonal-interaction ritual and individual consumption ritual of self-interaction with communal material resources are two dimensions of community interaction rituals that have significant positive impact on fans’ loyalty. Emotional energy mediates the influence of community interaction rituals on fans’ loyalty. In addition, this loyalty is also moderated by network density. The practical managerial implications of these theoretical findings are also discussed.

Key words: community interaction ritual, fans loyalty, emotional energy, network density, network centrality

Hai-bo XUE. Community Interaction Ritual，Emotional Energy and Fans’ Loyalty[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2021, 53(3): 134-145.

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年龄	人	%	教育程度	人	%	职业	人	%	月均收入（元）	人	%	月均消费意愿（元）	人	%
20—29岁	224	71.8	大专	18	5.8	学生	92	29.5	1 000以下	29	9.3	100以下	7	2.2
30—39岁	82	26.3	本科	146	46.8	公司职员	164	52.6	1 001—2 000	58	18.6	101—300	95	30.4
40—49岁	6	1.9	研究生	148	47.4	事业单位职员	25	8.0	2 001—3 000	21	6.7	301—500	116	37.2
性别	人	%				公务员	6	1.9	3 001—5 000	67	21.5	501—800	83	6.6
女	75	24.0				个体老板	6	1.9	5 001—8 000	49	15.7	801—1000	11	3.5
男	237	76.0				其他	19	6.1	8 000以上	88	28.2	1000以上	0	0.0

潜变量	计量指标	因子载荷	T值	均值	标准差	克朗巴哈α系数
人际互动仪式（SRIT）	SRIT1	0.836	64.233	5.796	0.941	0.868
	SRIT2	0.901	79.945
	SRIT3	0.802	47.310
	SRIT4	0.845	41.371
自我互动仪式（PRIT）	PRIT1	0.886	43.878	4.773	0.662	0.734
自我互动仪式（PRIT）	PRIT2	0.890	45.000	4.773	0.662	0.734
粉丝忠诚（FANL）	FANL1	0.899	68.411	5.191	1.03	0.855
	FANL2	0.894	62.765
	FANL3	0.835	30.091
情感能量（EMEN）	EMEN1	0.912	117.241	5.220	0.920	0.663
情感能量（EMEN）	EMEN2	0.808	28.958	5.220	0.920	0.663
网络密度（NETD）	NETD3	0.984	7.501	4.392	0.958	0.854
	NETD4	0.815	7.824
	NETD5	0.701	6.399
网络中心性（NETC）	NETC4	0.987	3.832	3.610	0.987	0.924
	NETC5	0.801	2.215
	NETC6	0.862	2.616

	平均方差萃取值	组合信度	人际互动仪式	自我互动仪式	粉丝忠诚	情感能量	网络密度	网络中心性
人际互动仪式	0.717	0.910	0.847
自我互动仪式	0.790	0.882	?0.000	0.889
粉丝忠诚	0.768	0.909	0.511	0.196	0.876
情感能量	0.743	0.852	0.454	0.263	0.328	0.862
网络密度	0.708	0.877	?0.120	?0.069	0.067	?0.148	0.841
网络中心性	0.786	0.916	?0.113	0.158	0.250	0.031	0.443	0.887

	克朗巴哈α系数	组合信度	平均方差萃取值	人际互动仪式	自我互动仪式	粉丝忠诚
人际互动仪式	0.868	0.910	0.716	0.846
自我互动仪式	0.734	0.877	0.782	?0.001	0.884
粉丝忠诚	0.855	0.912	0.775	0.510	0.206	0.880

	克朗巴哈α系数	组合信度	平均方差萃取值	人际互动仪式	自我互动仪式	粉丝忠诚	情感能量
人际互动仪式	0.868	0.910	0.717	0.847
自我互动仪式	0.734	0.882	0.790	?0.003	0.889
粉丝忠诚	0.855	0.912	0.775	0.509	0.200	0.880
情感能量	0.663	0.852	0.743	0.455	0.262	0.315	0.862