Enhancing individuals’ engagement in marine recreational sport activities: from an institutional perspective
IntroductionEncouraging consumer participation in marine recreational sport activities is recognized as a key strategy for boosting both local and regional economies. However, compared to other traditional outdoor activities, participation rates in marine recreation remain relatively low. Two major...
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| description | IntroductionEncouraging consumer participation in marine recreational sport activities is recognized as a key strategy for boosting both local and regional economies. However, compared to other traditional outdoor activities, participation rates in marine recreation remain relatively low. Two major barriers to participation are consumers' concerns about whether marine recreational sport activities are interesting and suitable for themselves, which can be summarized into product quality uncertainty and product fit uncertainty.MethodsTo address this issue, this paper, grounded in institutional theory, investigates how different institutional environments influence consumers' product certainty and their behavioral engagement in marine recreational sport activities—an area previously underexplored in the literature.Results and discussionsBy collecting 292 survey responses and utilizing ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis, we found that both product quality certainty and product fit certainty have a significant positive effect on consumers' behavioral engagement. Additionally, both the regulatory-normative and cognitive institutional environments were shown to significantly enhance consumers' product quality and fit certainty. Moreover, age was found to moderate these effects, with a positive influence on the relationship between the regulatory-normative environment and product certainty, while only affecting the relationship between the cognitive institutional environment and product fit certainty. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b10dbaeff9594c54b85d5d8d366333232025-01-27T05:14:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452025-01-011210.3389/fmars.2025.15393261539326Enhancing individuals’ engagement in marine recreational sport activities: from an institutional perspectiveMinghuan Shou0Jiawei Xu1School of Management, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Physical Education, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou, ChinaIntroductionEncouraging consumer participation in marine recreational sport activities is recognized as a key strategy for boosting both local and regional economies. However, compared to other traditional outdoor activities, participation rates in marine recreation remain relatively low. Two major barriers to participation are consumers' concerns about whether marine recreational sport activities are interesting and suitable for themselves, which can be summarized into product quality uncertainty and product fit uncertainty.MethodsTo address this issue, this paper, grounded in institutional theory, investigates how different institutional environments influence consumers' product certainty and their behavioral engagement in marine recreational sport activities—an area previously underexplored in the literature.Results and discussionsBy collecting 292 survey responses and utilizing ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis, we found that both product quality certainty and product fit certainty have a significant positive effect on consumers' behavioral engagement. Additionally, both the regulatory-normative and cognitive institutional environments were shown to significantly enhance consumers' product quality and fit certainty. Moreover, age was found to moderate these effects, with a positive influence on the relationship between the regulatory-normative environment and product certainty, while only affecting the relationship between the cognitive institutional environment and product fit certainty.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1539326/fullmarine recreational sport activityinstitutional theoryinstitutional environmentbehavioral engagementproduct fit certaintyproduct quality certainty |
| spellingShingle | Minghuan Shou Jiawei Xu Enhancing individuals’ engagement in marine recreational sport activities: from an institutional perspective Frontiers in Marine Science marine recreational sport activity institutional theory institutional environment behavioral engagement product fit certainty product quality certainty |
| title | Enhancing individuals’ engagement in marine recreational sport activities: from an institutional perspective |
| title_full | Enhancing individuals’ engagement in marine recreational sport activities: from an institutional perspective |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing individuals’ engagement in marine recreational sport activities: from an institutional perspective |
| title_short | Enhancing individuals’ engagement in marine recreational sport activities: from an institutional perspective |
| title_sort | enhancing individuals engagement in marine recreational sport activities from an institutional perspective |
| topic | marine recreational sport activity institutional theory institutional environment behavioral engagement product fit certainty product quality certainty |
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