本研究旨在探討不同性別運動員代言人對於消費者造成可信度、廣告效果及購買意圖之影響。採用問卷調查法,回收之有效問卷為259份。本研究統計方式採用獨立樣本t檢定檢視不同性別運動員代言人對於消費者造成可信度、廣告效果及購買意圖之差異情形;利用結構方程模式驗證本研究之模式路徑關係及不同性別運動員代言人對於消費者造成可信度、廣告效果及購買意圖關係上的調節效果。獲得研究結果如下:不同性別運動員代言人對於消費者所造成之可信度、廣告效果及購買意圖上無顯著差異;運動員代言人對於消費者所造成之可信度、廣告效果及購買意圖之路徑係數關係中除了廣告態度對於購買意圖無顯著差異外,其他變項均有正向之直接影響關係;不同性別運動員代言人在可信度、廣告效果與購買意願的調節效果上無顯著差異。
The main purpose of this study were to explore the influence of gender and credibility of athlete endorser on advertising effects and purchase intention. Convenient sampling was used for data collection with 259 valid questionnaires collected. Independent t test and Structural Equation Modeling were employed for data analysis. The results of this study revealed that no significant differences were found in athlete endorser credibility, advertising effectiveness and purchase intention based on gender. Additionally, athlete endorser credibility positively explained advertising attitude and brand attitude; brand attitude positively explained purchase intention; while advertising attitude was not significant in explaining purchase intention. Finally, no moderating effect of gender was found in the current study.