Brand and Sport Favorability [Covariates].
Finally, as individuals’ perceived functional congruity assessments have been shown to be biased by individuals’ preferences or self-congruity (Sirgy et al., 1991), each respondent was also asked to rate his or her overall feeling for each brand and sport. These variables were used as covariates in the study.
Results.
Table 9—3 reports three matching coefficients for each combination among the five sports and the five brands. For each of the 25 cells, the table reports coefficients for personality fit matching, demo- graphic fit, and perceived sponsorship—brand fit. The fit coefficients, for comparison purposes in this table, were transformed so that all were bounded between O and 1, Where 1 = best fit and O = Worst fit.
The table shows that the appropriateness of fit depends on whether one looks at personality or demo-graphics. Although the personality fit between Cadillac and golf is quite high, the demographic match is not high. This pattern also is true for Cadillac and