Determinants of Corporate Sponsorship Award Opportunities for Soccer Premier League Clubs in Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorAndanje Mwisukhaen_US
dc.contributor.advisorElijah Rintauguen_US
dc.contributor.authorKisaka, Thomas Mboya
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-17T06:43:50Z
dc.date.available2021-09-17T06:43:50Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionA Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Science (Leisure and Recreation Management) in the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Studies of Kenyatta University,June 2021en_US
dc.description.abstractCorporate sponsorship is a common phenomenon in major soccer leagues worldwide. Studies in the area of sports sponsorship decision-making have been done from a global context but lack focus on a particular sport or a major soccer league. None has been done on the Kenya Premier League. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors considered by corporate organizations in availing sponsorship to clubs in the Kenya Premier League. The study determined the influence of team-based, country-based and environmental-based characteristics on corporate organizations’ decisions to sponsor. The descriptive survey research design was used. Sponsorship decision making factors were the independent variables and the corporate organizations’ willingness to avail sponsorship to a Kenya Premier League club was the dependent variable. The target population were personnel in Departments of sponsorship, marketing or welfare within corporate organizations that sponsored Kenya Premier League in 2018/2019, as well as club chairmen and treasurers. The study was conducted in Nairobi City County using self-administered questionnaires and interview schedules to collect data from purposively selected corporate organizations and clubs. Interviews were also conducted on two personnel who were the manager and the assistant of sponsorship, marketing or welfare department in the corporate organizations. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Regressions were done to test the hypotheses. The data obtained through interviews was sorted out according to the objectives and presented in a narrative form. The study found that team-based, country-based and the environmental-based factors had a positive and significant influence on corporate organizations’ decisions on sponsorship. Fan base strength emerged as the most important team-based factor considered by corporate sponsors (mean=4.67). Economic state of Kenya was the most important country-based factor in corporate sponsorship decisions (mean=3.90) while Kenya Premier League authority over sponsorship deals emerged as the most important environmentally-centered factor (mean=3.83). Overall, team-based factors had the highest positive and significant effect on decisions made by corporate organizations to sponsor KPL clubs (β=0.592, p=0.000). This was followed by country-based characteristics (β=0.562, p=0.000). The last factor was environmental based characteristics (β=0.320, p=0.011). This implies that the three factors contributed differently to decisions made by corporate organizations to sponsor KPL clubs. The study recommended areas for further research which included length of sponsorship impact, the ease of planning the sponsorship, appeal to target audience lifestyle, the relevance of the sponsorship, the factors which make sponsors to terminate sponsorships and ambush marketing in Kenyan sports sponsorship. Additionally, the study recommended that clubs should strive to perform well and maintain a non-scandalous image in order to be attractive to corporate sponsors. The government through the ministries of Sports, Culture and Heritage, and Finance should give tax incentives to sponsors of Kenya Premier League clubs so as to enable them to avail more sponsorship.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/22485
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherkenyatta Universityen_US
dc.subjectDeterminantsen_US
dc.subjectCorporateen_US
dc.subjectSponsorshipen_US
dc.subjectOpportunitiesen_US
dc.subjectSocceren_US
dc.subjectPremier League Clubsen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of Corporate Sponsorship Award Opportunities for Soccer Premier League Clubs in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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