ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Sport Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1656378
The Effect of Media Golf Professionals' Image on Instructor Trust and Customer Satisfaction
Provisionally accepted
- 1Kyung Hee University - Global Campus, Yongin-si, Republic of Korea
- 2Gachon University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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Since media golf professionals are mainly encountered online rather than through face-to-face instruction, it is difficult to assess their competency and expertise as instructors. To this end, the study sought to assess instructors' instructional competence through the construct of instructor image and examine its influence on instructor trust and customer satisfaction. The participants were 290 Korean adult amateur golfers (186 men and 104 women). A questionnaire was used to measure perceptions of instructor image, instructor trust, and customer satisfaction. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, validity and reliability tests, and multiple regression analysis. First, the instructor image of media golf professionals was found to have a partially positive effect on instructor trust. Among the subfactors of instructor image, attitude did not have a significant effect. Second, instructor image had a significantly positive effect on customer satisfaction; however, among its sub-factors, qualification did not have a significant impact. Third, instructor trust had a significantly positive effect on customer satisfaction. In conclusion, the findings of this study state that a positive instructor image of media-based golf professionals fosters trust and satisfaction, thereby promoting continued participation in exercises and sustained viewing intentions.
Keywords: sport media, golf professional, instructor trust, Customer satisfaction, image
Received: 30 Jun 2025; Accepted: 08 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Kim, Yang, Kim, Bum and Choi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Chul-Ho Bum, Kyung Hee University - Global Campus, Yongin-si, Republic of Korea
Chulhwan Choi, Gachon University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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