TY - JOUR U1 - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel A1 - Nufer, Gerd T1 - Does a halo effect exist in German soccer? Results of an empirical study, implications and current reference JF - International journal of innovative business strategies (IJIBS) N2 - The halo effect is a cognitive bias known from social psychology. A halo effect occurs when a global impression or information about a salient characteristic shapes the evaluation of other characteristics. In a sports-related context, the halo effect has hardly been researched so far, although this could contribute significantly to understanding the thinking and behavior of sports fans. In this research paper, the following questions are investigated: Is there a halo effect in soccer? Does the sporting success or failure of a club outshine other sporting aspects? Does sporting success or failure possibly even distort fans' perception of non-sporting aspects? The research paper reflects the current state of halo research and presents the results of an empirical study in which fans of soccer clubs from the German Bundesliga were interviewed. The results of the analyses substantiate the distortion of the fans’ perception with regard to a very diverse range of aspects that is triggered by the sporting success or failure of their favorite club. Y1 - 2021 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-32161 UR - https://infonomics-society.org/ijibs/published-papers/volume-6-2020/ SN - 2046-3626 SS - 2046-3626 U6 - https://doi.org/10.20533/ijibs.2046.3626.2020.0056 DO - https://doi.org/10.20533/ijibs.2046.3626.2020.0056 VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 439 EP - 444 S1 - 6 PB - Infonomics Society CY - London ER -