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Publisher: Cognizant, LLC
Date: 23-12-2015
DOI: 10.3727/152599515X14465748512768
Abstract: This exploratory case study examines the power relations among the stakeholders of a tourism event in Borneo. It examines the sources of stakeholder power and the pattern of interdependence of various stakeholders, primarily based on interviews with event managers and stakeholders, as well as field visits. An analysis of the different types and amount of resource control, dependency, and network centrality resulted in four different categories of stakeholder power patterns—executive, asset based, referral, and diffuse stakeholders. The study also found that resource-based power was the primary source of power, whereas network-based power was a secondary and supplementary source. The case study revealed that the salience of event stakeholders based on their power was highly variable due to the different types of power that they had. This article contributes to the literature of event tourism, a typology of the event stakeholder powers in a predominately government-owned music festival, and offered practical suggestions to event management. It also advances the stakeholder power concept within event tourism studies.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 03-12-2019
Abstract: This article focuses on the Generation X (Gen X) cohort that will replace the baby boomers as the main target market for tourism experiences tailored specifically to the senior/mature market in the coming years. Its context is a successful segment of the cruising industry: the European river cruising sector. The study explores the potential impacts of this generational change on river cruising. Little is currently known about Gen X’s tourism motivations, expectations and behaviour. Generational theory is employed in this study as the framework to identify distinct features of the Gen X cohort. Using a phenomenological research design, 39 in-depth interviews were conducted with participants in two important European river cruise source market countries, Australia and the United States. Findings of this study indicate that Gen Xers have distinct tourism motivations, needs and interests that have evolved from their formative experiences. A range of political, financial and social issues have been identified that may affect Gen Xers’ predisposition towards products aimed for the mature market such as European river cruises in their currently offered format. The study contributes to tourism theory, offering an understanding of Gen Xers’ desire and ability to participate in such tourism activities in the future.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2010
Publisher: Cognizant, LLC
Date: 23-12-2015
DOI: 10.3727/152599515X14465748512605
Abstract: Posed as a question that an event organizer might contemplate in terms of how best to attract and retain event volunteers, this study adds to the event volunteering literature by cluster analyzing volunteers s led at four sports events using items from the Special Event Volunteer Motivation Scale (SEVMS). The 28 items were first subjected to Exploratory Factor Analysis resulting in four factors (Solidary, Purposive, External Traditions/Commitments, and Spare Time), followed by a two-step clustering procedure and a series of post hoc tests to describe and validate the clusters. As a result of this procedure, three distinct clusters were formed: the Altruists, Socials, and Indifferents. The Altruists and Socials were primarily driven by two distinct internal factors, which respectively represented the Purposive and Solidary factors. The Indifferents appeared to be pushed into volunteering by external forces, rather than intrinsic motivations. Validation revealed that the Indifferents were significantly less satisfied with their volunteer experience than the other two clusters and were also less likely to volunteer in the future. Across the four events s led, there were distinct patterns of cluster representation, with one event in particular substantially overrepresented by the more negatively inclined Indifferents. The management and research implications of these findings are discussed.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 12-10-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2008
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-01-2022
Publisher: Cognizant, LLC
Date: 23-12-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2006
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-07-2010
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-09-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-07-2010
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2010
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 28-07-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-11-2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-04-2019
DOI: 10.1002/JTR.2277
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 30-04-2010
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 12-10-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2003
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-2008
Publisher: Pravni Fakultet Sveucilista u Zagrebu (Law School of the University of Zagreb)
Date: 06-04-2012
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 2007
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2021
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co, KG
Date: 06-2012
Publisher: Cognizant, LLC
Date: 08-2022
DOI: 10.3727/152599522X16419948390925
Abstract: A key feature of events is their temporal life cycle, yet previous studies have not distinguished between different stages of this life cycle and the relative salience of stakeholders to event managers across the event life cycle. This study uses a case study research design informed by Mitchell et al.'s theory of stakeholder identification and salience to examine stakeholder salience across the event life cycle using six case studies of tourism events in East Malaysia. The study identified that resource power alone dictated the most salient stakeholders, who had nonsubstitutable and event-specific resources. The study also found that for the events in this study, stakeholder urgency referred solely to the relative importance of that stakeholder at different times during the event life cycle. This new concept is termed "event life cycle urgency" and a framework for identifying the relative urgency of each stakeholder throughout the event life cycle is presented.
Publisher: University of Alberta Libraries
Date: 26-10-2010
DOI: 10.22230/CJNSER.2010V1N1A2
Abstract: Programmes targeting student volunteering and service learning are part of encouraging civic behaviour amongst young people. This article reports on a large scale international survey comparing volunteering amongst tertiary students at universities in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The data revealed high rates of student volunteering and the popularity of occasional or episodic volunteering. There were strong commonalities in student volunteering behaviour, motivations and benefits across the five Western predominately English-speaking countries. Altruism and self-orientated career motivations and benefits were most important to students however volunteering and non-volunteering students differed in the relative value they attached to volunteering for CV-enhancement and social factors.
Publisher: Cognizant, LLC
Date: 10-2018
DOI: 10.3727/152599518X15299559637626
Abstract: The use of traditional sports events as modern sport tourism products has grown rapidly over recent decades. This article investigated differences in sport attributes that influence sport tourists' behavioral choices for attending a sepak takraw event using the human and nucleus component of Leiper's tourism attraction system. The study uses a s le of 316 sport tourists including domestic sport tourists ( n =224) and foreign sport tourists ( n =92) attending ISTAF Super Series. The findings reveal different factors were important to domestic sport tourists compared to foreign sport tourists. Domestic respondents reported that sport event attributes such as convenience and accessibility, game attractiveness, and sport facility were important in their decisions to attend a sepak takraw event while foreign sport tourists perceived cost to be a necessary sport attribute for their attendance. This article provides support for a sepak takraw as an event product that offers new sport marketing opportunities for particular target market segments within small-scale sport tourism.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2003
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-2005
Publisher: Cognizant, LLC
Date: 31-08-2020
DOI: 10.3727/152599519X15506259856327
Abstract: Using a sustainable event legacy timeline, this article examines the extent to which the existing volunteering infrastructure supporting volunteer management in the host city were engaged before, during, and after the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to generate a legacy for volunteering. This infrastructure includes volunteering peak bodies, volunteer resource centers, national sport governing bodies, community organizations and local government. A case study of the London 2012 Games was employed involving extensive documentary evidence and interviews with senior level informants. The findings revealed limitations with official legacy planning and a failure to engage with the voluntary sector in the host city. The event legacy timeline is combined with four key themes to emerge from the data to conceptualize an event legacy stakeholder engagement matrix. This identifies recommendations to enable future host cities to optimize opportunities from Olympic Games volunteer programs to generate wider community benefits.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 18-05-2021
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-08-2020-0941
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine external event stakeholders’ strategic actions to advance their interests in tourism events, based on their resource relationships with the event. It takes the novel approach of examining stakeholder influence strategies from the external stakeholder perspective. The study used a qualitative case study research design, with five government-owned tourism events in Sarawak, involving primary data from 37 interviews with external stakeholders. The stakeholders perceived that they were not overly dependent on the events studied due to their short duration. Two types of resource relationships were found: event-dependent stakeholders and event non-dependent stakeholders. Stakeholders were found to be deploying various influence strategies, which were largely subtle, positive and collaborative in nature, regardless of whether they were event-dependent or event non-dependent stakeholders. The findings are limited to the context examined in this study. Going forward, stronger public–private partnerships and formalised resource relationships are needed to ensure continuity of resource supplies and greater event innovation. The study adds to the knowledge of how event external stakeholders exert their influence in accordance with their interests and resource dependency relationship with government-owned tourism events in the context of Sarawak, Borneo.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 13-08-2021
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-08-2017
DOI: 10.1111/SPOL.12342
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-10-2014
Publisher: Cognizant, LLC
Date: 18-06-2018
DOI: 10.3727/152599518X15252895715050
Abstract: Mega-events such as the Olympic Games involve huge numbers of volunteers from the host community, necessitating the development of a large volunteer program, which will only operate for a short time. Leveraging this volunteer energy to lead to longer-term community volunteering has become a legacy goal for many event organizers. Mega-events typically use a top-down "program management" approach for their volunteer program. This article examines how the program management style impacts on the volunteer experience, using in-depth interviews with volunteers at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The study found that the program management approach had a negative impact on many volunteers' preevent experience, leading to some rejecting the offer of a role at the event. However, the anticipated "once-in-a-lifetime" experience of volunteering for the Olympic Games overcame most of the preevent shortcomings. The article considers the impact of volunteer management on repeat volunteering. Recommendations for better management of mega-event volunteers, leading to a volunteer legacy, are offered.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-2012
Abstract: Previous studies of membership associations identify differences between passive and active participation and also identify both sociodemographic and motivational factors as influencing participation. Extant research has, however, relied on cross-sectional survey data which does not capture the whole picture of an in idual’s memberships. This article reports on a mixed-methods study of members of voluntary associations in the UK heritage sector to examine patterns of participation. The data reveals intensity of participation ranging from passive to active membership and we identify a new form of engagement: substituters. We find motivation to be the main influence on participation level and identify a new group of members based on their motivation: hobbyists. The data also reveals barriers to participation, including distance to the heritage site, aging, work and family commitments, and participation in other membership or voluntary associations. Last, members display varying levels of participation over time within the same association.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2012
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 31-08-2010
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2009
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-09-2011
Publisher: Cognizant, LLC
Date: 13-12-2018
DOI: 10.3727/152599518X15346132863201
Abstract: A significant legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games was to demonstrate how such an event could be delivered within the governance structure of "regulatory capitalism." The delivery of the London 2012 Games was contracted to a private company, the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). LOCOG subcontracted packages of work, including Games research, which was conducted by a market research company as "sponsorship" in kind. Through an autoethnographic account of researching volunteers at these Games, working with the market research company, it is shown how: public accountability was reduced by the selective availability of research results the access to research became a marketable resource and research ethics of the private company were inconsistent with those required within a University. Therefore, the delivery of the Games through regulatory capitalism reinforced the unequal power relationships between the different event stakeholders. This leads to a discussion of implications for researching mega-events and the relationship between academic research and commercial researchers. These include the need for researchers to pay for access and to protect their intellectual property.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 03-09-2009
Abstract: This research adopts the utilitarian view of volunteering as a starting point: we posit that for an undergraduate student population volunteering is motivated by career enhancing and job prospects. We hypothesize that in those countries where volunteering signals positive characteristics of students and helps advance their careers, their volunteer participation will be higher. Furthermore, regardless of the signaling value of volunteering, those students who volunteer for utilitarian reasons will be more likely to volunteer but will exhibit less time-intensive volunteering. Using survey data from 12 countries ( n = 9,482), we examine our hypotheses related to motivations to volunteer, volunteer participation, and country differences. Findings suggest that students motivated to volunteer for building their résumés do not volunteer more than students with other motives. However, in countries with a positive signaling value of volunteering, volunteering rates are significantly higher. As expected, students motivated by résumé building motivations have a lower intensity of volunteering.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 05-10-2015
DOI: 10.1108/IJCTHR-08-2015-0086
Abstract: – This study aims to apply confirmatory personal introspection (CPI) to illuminate the experiences of the authors as partial native-visitors to Western Australia. The native-visitor is the tourist who is able to see beyond Urry’s shallow conception of the Tourist Gaze through their lengthy immersion as “insiders” in the destination’s culture. In this paper, the experiences of two immigrants, the authors, to Western Australia illustrate the different perspectives of the Tourist Gaze 4.0. – The paper uses CPI, as this is a more reliable method of uncovering a traveler’s experiences than subjective personal introspection because CPI uses additional data sources such as written historical records and photographs for confirming the researcher’s accounts. In this study, accounts of both authors alongside photographs are used to both confirm and contrast their in idual experiences. – The paper demonstrates the varied forms of the tourist gaze, with an emphasis on that of the native visitor. The findings illustrate how in iduals’ both maintain aspects of their original cultural identity and adopt those of the new country after an extended time living in that country. This enables in iduals to see attractions and destinations from an insider perspective. – This study shows how even after an extended period of time living in a new country, visitors may not have the cultural confidence to behave as local residents at tourist attractions and destinations, which could limit their engagement and enjoyment of these experiences. Marketers should take this into account in designing and promoting tourist experiences to visitors. – CPI provides a valuable means for illustrating the range of perspectives within the Tourist Gaze 4.0. The method enables in iduals’ rich experiences to be uncovered but at the same time uses multiple data sources to provide additional rigour.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-04-2011
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-03-2017
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 17-07-2007
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 13-02-2017
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of expectation formation and matching for university student volunteers and their hosts. This research involved a multi-stage data collection process including interviews with student volunteers, and university and host representatives from six Australian universities. The project team undertook an iterative process of coding and interpretation to identify themes and develop understanding of the phenomenon. University student volunteering has the potential to fail to meet the expectations of at least one of the parties to the relationship when the expectations of the parties are not clearly articulated. Universities operating volunteer programmes have an important role in facilitating expectation formation and matching, minimising the chances of mismatched expectations. The study confirms the operation of a psychological contract for university student volunteers and organisations who host them which is consistent with other research in volunteering demonstrating the importance of matching expectations. The paper identifies the importance of expectation formation and matching for hosts and students, and highlights the role of universities in facilitating matchmaking. This paper contributes to the growing body of research on the role of the psychological contract in volunteering, in particular in university student volunteering and host organisations.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 12-10-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 19-02-2019
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 20-03-2017
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-10-2015-0581
Abstract: The events and festivals literature relies on theories and models borrowed from tourism studies which may insufficiently account for the unique characteristics of events and festivals. Using four case studies from Australia, United Arab Emirates and the UK, this paper aims to analyse events and festival life cycles using the Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) framework (Butler, 1980). The paper is conceptual in that it theorises the range of event and festival life cycle trajectories however, four event case studies are also used to illustrate this approach. Findings facilitate an extension of Butler’s model to include additional trajectories and accompanying underpinning critical factors that better explain and predict the nature of events and festivals. The paper is based on four case studies from the cultural sector which is ideal for developing theory but limits the contexts examined in this paper. The findings are only applicable to recurring events and festivals. In the new model, seven different pathways, ranging from continued growth to cancellation, suggest potential opportunities and risks for events and festivals. The results are of particular relevance for event managers, who can use the case studies and trajectories as reference points for event growth and consolidation. The case studies reveal that successful events are seen to have strong ties to their local communities and are rooted in the destination. The paper’s originality is in both the context of utilising erse international cultural festival and events as case studies and the proposal of seven alternative pathways for events and festivals, which extend Butler’s TALC to the unique context of these temporal phenomena.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 12-10-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2009
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 05-04-2019
Abstract: Based on the four dimensions of volunteering (time, object, nature, and environment) and net-cost analysis theory, this article examines the conceptualization of volunteering among nonvolunteers and what could attract them to volunteer (attractors). Using flashcard images of volunteering activities among a nationally representative s le in Australia, we reveal nonvolunteers perceived the existing four dimensions of volunteering and, in addition, two new dimensions of volunteering emerged: ability (required skill level) and social (who one volunteers with). Of these dimensions, object, nature, and abilities were found to be the most attractive dimensions of volunteering to nonvolunteers. The study further partially supports the use of net-cost theory as a framework for linking nonvolunteer’s perceptions of volunteering to their likelihood of volunteering, with the findings suggesting that low net-cost activities are more attractive to nonvolunteers.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 16-05-2012
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 06-06-2023
DOI: 10.1108/IJEFM-08-2022-0068
Abstract: In this paper, the authors explore how Edinburgh's key Festivals have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their response presents the emergence of more innovative festival delivery models and a different imagining of the festival space. The authors use a qualitative mixed methods research design involving 13 in-depth semi-structured interviews with Edinburgh's Festival Directors and other cultural and policy stakeholders as part of a University-funded stand-alone research project. The interviews were supplemented with participant observation at festivals virtually and in-person to experience new and emerging formats of festival content delivery, adherence to Scottish Government guidelines on COVID-19 safety, and to experience attending festivals during a pandemic. The authors present findings on how Edinburgh's Festivals have responded to Covid-19 and how they have adapted – and in some cases reimagined – their business models to survive. The authors propose a new theoretical framework that establishes a model for how festivals can approach risk management within their business model, focused on the ‘3R's’ – respond, resilience and reimagine –with communication and support being central to this framework.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 11-2006
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 04-10-2019
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 17-07-2020
Abstract: Student volunteering has many benefits for students, universities, and nonprofit organizations (NPOs), but research on these from a multistakeholder perspective is scant. Using psychological contract theory, this article compares outcomes to expectations of students, universities, and NPOs, proposing a model of the benefits of volunteering to all three stakeholder groups. Based on a large-scale qualitative research with over 60 interviews in six Australian universities, the article offers an in-depth analysis of student volunteering benefits, surprises (benefits exceeding expectations), and disappointments (unmet expectations) for each stakeholder group. Some of these benefits align with existing literature, while others contribute new knowledge on the outcomes of student volunteering. The results show that training, preparation, and management of expectations have the potential to build positive benefits for all. It concludes with implications for universities and NPOs and directions for future research on student volunteering.
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Start Date: 2022
End Date: 2026
Funder: Australian Research Council
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2015
End Date: 2018
Funder: Australian Research Council
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 07-2022
End Date: 07-2026
Amount: $384,924.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 02-2015
End Date: 09-2018
Amount: $203,144.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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