Research Areas
Sport Management / Sport Marketing / Sport Consumer Behavior
Teaching
Sport Communication / Sport Public Relations / Sport Information Systems / Sport Marketing Communications / Research Methods
Education
- B. S., Seoul National University
Physical Education - M. S., Illinois State University
Leisure Management and Sport Tourism
Sport Marketing and Sport Management - Ph. D., University of Maryland
Sport Marketing and Communication
Sport Consumer Behavior
Professional Career
- Associate Professor: Seoul National University : 2014~ Present
- Editorial Board, International Journal of Human Movement Science of Korean Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
- Editorial Board, Research in Dance and Physical Education
- Academic and International Director, Human Movement Science of Korean Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, ~ 2019
- International Director, Korean Society for Sport Management, ~ 2019
- Associate Professor: Indiana University at Bloomington : 2012~2013
- Assistant Professor: Indiana University at Bloomington : 2007~2012
Publications
[Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals]
- Chang, J., Lim, C. H., Jang, W. S., & Oh, I. (2021). Team Competence and Warmth’s Influence on Perceived Value and Media Consumption Intentions: As Moderated by Interdependent Self-Construal. Korea Journal of Sports Science, 30(2), 613-634.
- Paek, B., Morse, A., Hutchinson, S., & Lim, C. H. (2020). Examining the relationship for sport motives, relationship quality, and sport consumption intention. Sport Management Review.
- Kim, H., Park, B., Lim, C., & Chang, J. (2020). The Influence of Personal Tendencies, Situational Power State, and Social Exclusion on Distinctive Consumption Choice. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 29(3).
- Kang, J. H., Lim, C. H., Suh, Y. I., Gang, A. C., & Pedersen, P. M. (2020). Establishing a web-based measurement of aggression (WTCRTT): Examining the validity of a modified Taylor’s competitive reaction time test. International Journal of Applied Sports Sciences, 32(1).
- Yang, H. W., Ock, D. K., Song, S. M., & Lim, C. H. (2020). The Effect on Color Modification of Sport Brand Logo for Purchase Intention according to Brand Familiarity. Korea Journal of Sports Science, 29(6), 423-446.
- Oh, I., & Lim, C. (2019). Scale development for the consumer perceived value in sports event: Focusing on 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympics. Korea Journal of Sports Science, 28, 575-588.
- Hur, Y., Lim, C., Won, D., & Kwon, S. (2018). Types of brand transgressions and consumers’ moral reasoning strategies on an endorser, Sport Marketing Quarterly, 27, 275-286**.
- Lee, M., Poter, M., Lim, C., & Pedersen, M. P., (2018). The effectiveness of advertising embedded in televised sport programming: How team performance influences attitude formation, Sport Marketing Quarterly, 27, 221-235.
- Yoo, S., Lim, C., & Chang, J. (2018). Media Portrayal of foreign coaches in Korea and Vietnam, Korean Journal of Communication Studies, 26(4), 27-45**.
- Lim, C., Hur, Y., & Song, S. (2018). Sponsorship information reception and processing: Explicit and implicit memory in in-game advertising. Social Behavior and Personality, 46(6), 935-952.
- Oh, I., Jung, M., & Lim, C.** (2017). The effect of traditional marketing and experiential marketing on stadium revisit intention and brand equity of professional sport teams: A study of professional baseball game spectator. Korean Journal of Physical Education, 56(5), 403-417
- Won, D., Goo, B., Lim, C. **(2017). Crisis communication strategies of professional baseball teams: focusing on message appeal type and message delivery method. Korean Journal of Sport Science, 28(3), 608-622
- Ha, J., Chung, J, J., & Lim, C. **(2017). Quality of a mobile sport website: Development and psychometric evaluation of a scale. South African Journal of Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, 39(2).
- Oh, I., Kim, H., & Lim, C.** (2016). Influence of visual attention on A-board advertising awareness in E-Sport: Based on Explicit and Implicit Memories. Korean Journal of Sport Management, 21(5), 45-57.
- Lim, C., Kim, K., & Cheong, Y. (2016). Factors affecting sportswear buying behavior: A comparative analysis of luxury vs. regular brands of sportswear. Journal of Business Research.
- Walsh, P., Hwang, H., Lim, C., Pedersen, P. M. (2015). Examining the use of professional sport teams as a brand extension strategy in Korean Professional baseball. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 24(4),
- Lee, M., Lim, C., Yeo, I, & Pedersen, P. M.** (2015). The marketing of an international match in Asia, The effects of sport commentary and nationalistic sentiments on framing, priming, and consumer behavior, Sport Marketing Quarterly, 24(4).**
- Kwak, D.H., Kwon, Y. B., & Lim, C. (2015). Licensing a sport team brand: Effects of team brand cue, performance priming, and product category on multidimensional values and purchase intentions. Journal of Product and Brand Management. 24(3), 198-210.
- Lee, M., Ryu, S., Clavio, C. M., Lovell, D., Lim, C., & Pedersen, P. M. (2014). The effect of Twitter on sport fans’ information processing: An analysis of the controversial referee’s decision in the 2012 London Olympic games. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 15(3), 102-119.
- In, S., Lim, C., & Pedersen, P. M. (2014). The ubiquitous sport-mediated space: Sport-mediated screens, doubled illusions, and live spectacles in stadia. Global Sport Business Journal, 2(1), 1-13.
- Frederick, E., Lim, C., Chung, J., & Clavio, G. (2013). Determining the effects of sport commentary on viewer perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and enjoyment through violence justification. Journal of Sport Media, 8(1), 65-86.
- Lim, C., Martin, T., & Pedersen, P. M. (2013). Psychological factors associated with motivation of mediated Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) consumption: A structural model of risk taking, aggression, identification, and motivation. International Journal of Sport Management, 14(4), 379-402.
- Lim, C., Lee, W., & Pedersen, P. M., (2013). Investigative the moderating role of sport service type and personality on audiences’ emotional responses to hedonic vs. cognitive advertisement. Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science, 23(1), 55-71.
- Frederick, E. L., Lim, C., Clavio, G. E., Pedersen, P. M., & Burch, L. M. (2012). Choosing between the one-way or two-way street: An exploration of relationship promotion by professional athletes on Twitter. Communication and Sport, 1(1).1-20.
- Frederick, E. L., Lim, C., Clavio, G., & Walsh, P. (2012). Why we follow: An examination of parasocial interaction and fan motivations for following athlete archetypes on Twitter, International Journal of Sport Communication, 5(4), 481-502.
- Witkemper, C., Lim, C., & Waldburger, A. (2012). Social media and sports marketing: Examining the motivations and constraints of twitter users. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 21(3), 170-183
- Lim, C., Chung, J., & Pedersen, P. M. (2012). Effects of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) messages. Sport Management International Journal, 8(1), 55-75.
- Lim, C., Chung, J., Fredrick, E., & Pedersen, P. M. (2012). Investigating the influence of past football experience, and perceived football knowledge on attitude, credibility, expertise and trustworthiness, and future search intention. Journal of Contemporary Athletics, 6(1), 1-16.
- Brewer, R. M., Pedersen, P. M., Lim, C., & Clerkin, T. A. (2011). Examining the value of sport clubs: A cross-sectional intrinsic valuation of NCAA football bowl subdivision (FBS) Football programs. International Journal of Applied Sports Science, 23, 351-370.
- Lim, C., & Lee, W., (2011). Investigating the role of personality trait on gambling behavior. Sports Science Review, 5, 21-32.
- Zimmerman, M. H., Clavio, G. E., & Lim, C., (2011). Set the agenda like Beckham: A professional sports league’s use of YouTube to disseminate messages to its users. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 10, 180-195.
- Lee, W., Lim, C., & Pedersen, P. M. (2011). Investigating cognitive and emotive measures affiliated with advertising extreme sports: An analysis of emotion, attitude, sport involvement, and sport participation intention. Theories & Applications the International Edition, 1, 72-78.
- Lee, W., Kwak, D., Lim, C., Pedersen, P. M., & Miloch, K. (2011). Effects of personality and gender on fantasy sport game participation: The moderating role of perceived knowledge. Journal of Gambling Studies, 27, 427-441. **
- Kwak, D., Lim, C., Lee, W., & Mahan, J. E. (2010). How confident are you to win your fantasy league? Exploring the antecedents and consequences of winning expectancy. Journal of Sport Management, 24(4), 416-433.
- Suh, Y., Lim, C., Kwak, D., & Pedersen, P. M. (2010). Examining the psychological factors associated with involvement in fantasy sports: An analysis of participants’ motivations and constraints. International Journal of Sport Management, Recreation, and Tourism, 5, 1-28. **
- Lee, W., Lim, C., & Pedersen, P. M. (2010). Stress and commitment in sport organization employees: An analysis of the moderating role of stress buffers on job stress and organizational commitment. International Journal of Sport Management, 11(2), 227-247. **
- Lim, C., Martin, T., Kwak, D. (2010). Examining television consumers of mixed martial arts: The relationship among risk-taking, emotion, attitude, and actual sport media consumption behavior. International Journal of Sport Communication, 3, 49-63.
- Rodenberg, R., & Lim, C. (2009). Payback calls: A starting point measuring basketball referee bias and impact on team performance. European Journal of Sport Management Quarterly, 9(4), 375-387.
- Pedersen, P. M., Osborne, B., Whisenant, W., & Lim, C. (2009). An examination of the perceptions of sexual harassment by sport print media professionals. Journal of Sport Management, 23(3), 335-360.
- Lee, W., Laucella, P. C., Lim, C., & Fielding, L. (2009). The role of media coverage in the globalization of little league baseball. Journal of Youth Sport, 4(2), 21-26.
- McDaniel, S, R., Lim, C., & Mahan, J. E. (2007). The role of gender and personality traits in response to Ads using violent images to promote consumption of sports entertainment. Journal of Business Research, 60(6), 606-612.
- McDaniel, S. R., Lee, S., & Lim, C. (2001). Re-examining the relationship between fantasy and optimum stimulation levels. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 20(4), 247-354.
- Lim, C., Turco, D. M., & Wachter, C. (2001). Comparison of leisure constraints for Korean and U. S. Generation X. Journal of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 37(3), 57-64.
- Lim, C., & Turco, D. M. (1999). The next generation in sport: Y. Cyber-Journal of Sport Marketing, 3(4).
- Turco, D. M., & Lim, C. (1998). Green and gold: Tourism relations between the Green Bay Packers and the host community, Cyber-Journal of Sport Marketing, 2(3).
[Book, Book Chapter]
- Lee,S., Lim, C., Lee, S., & Hong, J. (2017) Shank, Sport Marketing: Translated book
- Sport management (ASSM): Chapter on Consumer Behavior (submitted)
- Sport Safety Manual (15 volumes)
[Referred National & International Conference]
- Yang, H. W., Li, S. S., Song, S. M., & Lim, C. H. (2021, June). Emergency purchasing situation of home training Equipment on decision-making process during the COVID-19 in China. Presented at the annual conference of North American Society for Sport Management.\
- Oh, I., Ock, D. K., Lee, T. H., & Lim, C. H. (2021, June). Fans’ forgiveness intentions toward Underdog and Top-dog athletes in response to transgression type. Presented at the annual conference of North American Society for Sport Management.
- Chang, J. S., Oh, I. A., Kim, J, H., & Lim, C. H. (2021, June). The differential effects of team performance on current and throwback team apparel. Presented at the annual conference of North American Society for Sport Management.
- 스포츠 산업에서의 혁신경영을 위한 국내 CSR의 주요이슈 분석. 한국스포츠 산업경영학회 춘계학술대회 (2019)
- 연구윤리의 범위와 당면과제. 한국무용학회 (2019)
- 임충훈 (2017). 4차 산업혁명과 스포츠산업. 2017스포노믹스 포럼. Keynote Speech.
- 임충훈 (2017). 지역사회 공헌을 위한 스포츠 정책과제. 전국체전기념 55회 한국체육학회 학술대회. Keynote Speech
- Oh, I., & Lim, C. (2016). Study of A-board effects exposure on explicit and implicit memory in on-line sport game. Asian Society for Sport Management.
- Song, S., & Lim, C. (2016). Examining the effect of emotion and visual attention on consumers’ responses to A-board advertising. KAHPERD International Congress
- Paek, B., & Lim, C. (2016). Examining the mediating impact of relationship quality on consumption intention: In the case of Korean professional volleyball. KAHPERD International Congress
- Lim, C., Kim, H., & Eun, H. (2016). Examining the influence of perceived risk and consumer personality on sport apparel purchase within the context of gift giving. North American Society for Sport Management Conference.
- 임충훈 (2016). 체육계 4대악 개선을 위한 정책분석. 한국체육학회 비정상의 정상화 특별프로젝트 공청회
- 임충훈 (2016). 체육계 비정상의 정상화를 위한 정책평가. 2016 한국스포츠과학자 통합학술대회 (Keynote Speech)
- 임충훈 (2016), 동계생활 스포츠 저변확대를 위한 참여환경 구축방안, 2016 한국체육학회 동계스포츠 진흥 세미나 (Keynote Speech)
- Lim, C. (2016). 스포츠도시 서울건설: 체육정책의 혁신과 발전, 한국여가레크레이션 학회 (Keynote Speech)
- Lim, C., Kim, K., & Cheong, Y. (2015). Factors affecting sportswear buying behavior: A comparative analysis of luxury vs. regular brands of sportswear. Global Fashion Marketing Conference.
- Lim, C., Song, S., Oh, I., & Paek, J. (2014). Structural model of sport consumption motivation: In the case of MMA industry. KAHPERD International Congress.
- Chung, J., Lim, N., Lim, C., Lee, W. (2014). Examining the antecedents of writing Electronic Word of Mouth (EWOM) among golf product consumer. North American Society for Sport Management Conference.
- Hwang, H., Lim, C., Williams, A., Choi, W., & Walsh, P. (2013). A conceptual modeling of sport-related smartphone applications. Sport Marketing Association.
- Chung, J., Lim, C., Lee, W., & Lee, M. (2013). Examining the antecedent of using EWOM among golf product consumers. Sport Marketing Association.
- Lee, M., Lim, C., & Williams, A., (2013). Framing and priming effect of commentary on audience perception: The moderating role of sport nationalism. (Re)-Discovering Sport in Korea.
- Hur, Y., Lee, W., Lim, C., & Kim, D., (2012). A mediating role of trust between involvement and attitude towards a banner ad on a sport website. Sport Marketing Association.
- Yoo, S., Lim, C., & Pedersen, P. M. (2011). Managing potential negative effects from sport consumption: A cross-cultural examination of the role of non-violent mediated sports on youth aggression reduction. European Association for Sports Management.
- Chung, J., Lim, C., Pedersen, P. M., & Walsh, P., (2011). Electronic Word-of-Mouth (EWOM) messages and sporting goods: Investigating the effects of eWOM messages on purchase intentions and credibility. European Association for Sports Management.
- Kim, H., Williams, A., Lim, C., Kim, D., & Choi, W., (2011). The relationship between fans’ interest and media coverage: Through classification of the MLB rivalry types. European Association for Sports Management.
- Burch, L, Frederick, E., Chung, J, Lim, C., & Pedersen, P. M., (2011). Sport, entertainment, and desensitization of violent media: A cross-cultural analysis of the moderating effects of non-violent media. North American Society for Sport Management Conference.
- Kang J., Lim, C., Martin, T., & Pedersen, P. M. (2010). Examining antecedent factors of sport consumption motivation: Personality, normative beliefs, and fan identification in the sport industry. European Association for Sports Management.
- Lee, W., Hur, Y., & Lim, C. (2010). Sport website advertising: The impact of congruity and endorsement on the effectiveness of banner advertising. European Association for Sports Management.
- Kang, J., Lim, C., Lee, W., Pedersen, P. M., (2010). Balancing promotion and social responsibility by sport management professionals: Investigating the potentially negative influence of viewing mediated sport violence. European Association for Sports Management.
- Chung, J., Lim, C., Frederick, E., & Lee, W., (2010). Investigating influence of past athletic experience and knowledge on attitude, credibility, expertise, and trustworthiness, and future search intention. North American Society for Sport Management Conference.
- Kwak, D., Lim, C., & Pedersen, P. M. (2010). Influence of gender and intense imagery on mental imagery processing of advertisement promoting violent entertainment. Consumer Psychology Conference.
- Suh, Y., Lim, C., Pedersen, P. M., & Bae, W. (2009). Gender differences on Constraints of Fantasy Sports Participants, Sport Marketing Association.
- Martin, T., Lim, C., Lee, Y. (2009). Examining the mediating role of emotions of MMA consumption: The relationship among risk taking, emotion, attitude, and actual consumption behavior. Sport Marketing Association.
- Lim, C., Suh, Y., Kang, J., Pedersen, P. M. (2009). Social responsibility and sport management practices: Examining the impact of viewing televised sporting events of a violent nature. European Association for Sports Management.
- Pedersen, P. M., Osborne, B., Whisenant, W., & Lim, C. (2009). Professionals’ perception of sexual harassment: An analysis of journalists in the sport industry. North American Society for Sport Management Conference.
- Suh, Y., Lim, C., Bae, W., & Pedersen, P. M. (2009). Perceived service quality and motivation of fantasy sports participants. North American Society for Sport Management Conference.
- Lee, W., & Lim, C. (2009). The moderating role of sport service type on the relationship between ad message type, service trial promotion and consumers’ ad responses. North American Society for Sport Management Conference.
- Lee, W., Kwak, D., Lim, C., & Miloch, K. (2008). Investigating the roles of personality and demographic variables in predicting the consumption of fantasy game. Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.
- Suh, Y., Miloch, K., & Lim, C. (2008). What psychological factors underline in fantasy sports participants: Uses and gratifications and sport fan motivation inquiry. North American Society for Sport Management Conference.
- Kwak, D., Lee, W., Mahan, J., & Lim, C. (2008). How confident are you to win your fantasy league: Exploring the antecedents and outcomes of winning expectancy. North American Society for Sport Management Conference.
- Lee. W., Pedersen, P., & Lim, C. (2008). Stress buffers as moderators on job stress and organizational commitment relations among college sport organization employees. College Sport Research Institute Conference.
- McDaniel, S. R., & Lim, C. (2007). Examining the influence of personality and the structural characteristics of EGMs on emotional response of social gamblers: The potential effects of sensation seeking and specific visual elements of a computer-mediated slot machine. National Responsible Gambling Conference.
- Lim, C., & McDaniel, S. R. (2007). Investigating the heterogeneity of gambling and the heterogeneity of gamblers in predicting gambling participation: Demographics, gambling diagnostics, and personality in preferences for continuous and discontinuous gambling forms. National Responsible Gambling Conference.
- Lim, C., Kwak D., & McDaniel, M. R. (2006). Effects of consumers’ optimum stimulation levels on gambling involvement and participation: A study in Korea. North American Society for Sport Management.
- Lim, C., Mahan, J. E., & McDaniel, S, R. (2005). The role of Personality in response to Ads using violent images to promote consumption of sports entertainment. Consumer Personality & Research Conference.
- McDaniel, S. R., Lim, C., & Lee, S. (2001). Optimum stimulation levels and the sport media audience. North American Society for Sport Management Conference.
- McDaniel, S. R., & Lim, C. (2000). Optimum stimulation levels and the use of sport media: Investigating the influence of sensation seeking and need for cognition on sport media audiences. North American Society for Sport Management.
- Turco, D. M, & Lim, C. (1997). Comparison of leisure lifestyles among American and Korean generation X. International Council for health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport & Dance World Congress.
- Turco, D. M., & Lim, C. (1997). Investigating the economic impact of Green Bay Packers. North American Society for Sport Management.
[Referred Regional Conference]
- Lim, C., McDaniel. S. R., & Ryan, J. (2006). Investigating the potential moderating effects of gender and personality of consumers’ emotional responses to computer-mediated gambling. University of Maryland College Research Interaction Day.
- Lim, C. (1998). A comparison of leisure lifestyles among American and Korean College Students in U. S. Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.
Grants and Honorariums
- Lim, C. (2017-2018). Sponsorship effectiveness research using Eye-tracking method. Korea Research Foundation
- Limc (2015). Sport City Seoul- Future strategic and managerial directions, City of Seoul
- Lim,C. (2014). Sport Safety Manual, Korea Sport Safety Foundation
- Lim, C. & Walsh, P. T. (2011, Spring). Cross-cultural examination of the influence of ethnocentrism and personality on cognitive and emotional response to TV commercials. Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, Indiana University. Funded Amount: USD 3,000.
- Lim, C., Pedersen, P. M., & Kang, J. (2008, Summer). The study of media violence prevention: Investigating the moderating influence of non-violent media content on youth aggression and developing the web-based aggression measurement program. A cross-cultural study in Korean and the U.S. Global Research Network Program, Funded Amount: USD 216,600.
- Lim, C., & Pedersen, P. M. (2008, Spring). The study of the effects of sport media violence on young population: Investigating the influence of consumption of sport media violence on the psychological wellbeing of young people. Faculty Research Support Program (FRSP) from the Office of the Vice Provost, Proposed Amount: USD 60,668. *Unfunded
- Lim, C. (2008, Summer). The study of role of NCAA in intercollegiate sports. Next Generation Sport Talents (NEST), Funded Amount: USD 5,000.
- City of Eureka Tourism Project (1997) – Received research assistantship
- Hoffman Park Districts Survey (1998) – Received research assistantship