London residents' support for the 2012 Olympic Games: The mediating effect of overall attitude

Prayag, Girish; Hosany, Sameer; Nunkoo, Robin; Alders, Taila

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2012.08.003

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“…Their opinions must be taken into account from a technical point of view during the implementation of tourism plans (Liu et al, 1987;Prayag et al, 2013;Stylidis et al, 2014) and from a political point of view during the development of local tourism policies (Manning, 1998). Tourism could be a great opportunity for development if it considers residents direct beneficiaries, promotes cultural expression, respects the environment and integrates communities at all levels (Contreras, 2011;D´Amore, 1983).…”

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Residents' perceptions of tourism development in Benalmádena (Spain)

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This study examines the residents´ perceptions of the impact of tourism in Benalmádena, and the profiles of the residents according to socio-demographic characteristics. A questionnaire assessed how these characteristics influence the residents' perceptions towards the environment, economy, and socio-cultural aspects. The survey was administered to a stratified sample of 770 residents in Benalmádena. Results show a significant effect of socio-demographic variables on perception of tourism impact. The educational background, place of birth and how long respondents had been living in the community explain a significant amount of the variance in overall attitudes. Interaction analyses revealed that place of birth moderated the relationship between the tourism dimensions and the years of residence. For instance, the respondents with less than five years of residence showed more positive attitude towards the impact of tourism. We offer a profile of these residents according to their perceptions of the impact of tourism in their community.

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Residents' perceptions of tourism development in Benalmádena (Spain)

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“…The five volunteering motivation dimensions (values, career, learning, self-esteem and social) were utilized to ask respondents to indicate their level of agreement with motivations for volunteering on a seven-point Likert-scale (1 = "strongly disagree" and 7 = "strongly agree") (see Table 2). The survey's second part measured respondents' attitudes towards volunteering using three (3) items based upon prior research [27,59]. The third part investigated an individual's evaluation about their volunteer job performance using items based upon research conducted by Diamantidis and Chatzoglou (2014) [45].…”

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Generation Z’s Sustainable Volunteering: Motivations, Attitudes and Job Performance

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Generation Z (Gen Z), the future of America's workforce, is forecasted to represent more than 30 million persons by 2020. Volunteer rates have been declining since 2002. Most compelling is that overall lowest volunteer rates were found to be within the Gen Z segment, with expectations of continued decline. Thus, this study explored motivations associated with sustainable volunteering by Gen Z based upon past research that documented intent to volunteer is strongly associated with age. In doing so, the Volunteer Functions Inventory was adopted to identify Gen Z motivations for volunteering. This study then employed the theory of planned behavior to test the relationships between Gen Z volunteering motivations, their attitudes and job performance using data obtained from 306 Gen Z volunteer special event participants. Among five motives identified to be important to Gen Z, only four motives ("value", "career", "learning" and "self-esteem") were found to significantly influence their attitudes. The 'social' motive was found to have no significant effect on their attitudes towards volunteering. This research framework was supported by validating the significant relationships between volunteer motivations, attitudes and job performance specific to the Gen Z volunteer segment. "Job training appropriateness" was found to be an important moderator for improving the relationships between Gen Z volunteer attitudes and job performance.

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“…Dealing with culture and society, mega-events increase the morale and pride of locals (Barney, Ween & Martyn, 2002), heighten self-esteem (Stronza & Gordillo, 2008), and bring together community and country by helping to build national identity (Prayag, Hosany, Nunkoo & Alders, 2013). Mega-events promote cultural activities (Dyer et al, 2007), have a societal lasting effect on tourism for residents (Kang & Perdue, 1994), attract considerable attention to the locality (Deccio & Baloglu, 2002), provide considerable opportunities for cultural exchange between hosts and guests (Besculides, Lee & McCormick, 2002;Kang, Lee, Lee & Li, n.d.), strengthen cultural values and traditions (Lorde, Greenidge & Devonish, 2011), improve the perceived quality of policing (Pizam, 1978), create a greater potential to entertain local people (Andereck & Nyaupane, 2011), and motivate individuals to become more active with both, the society and the event itself (Potwarka, 2015).…”

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“…Environmentally, the impact of mega-events is less well documented (Collins, Jones & Munday, 2009;Prayag et al, 2013). The positive environmental impacts of megaevents include restoration of the destination's landscape (Kim, Gursoy & Lee, 2006), preservation of the man-made and physical environment (Lorde et al, 2011), reformation/development of recycling and pollution control (Allen, O'Toole, McDonnell & Harris, 2005), development of policies for the reduction of greenhouse emissions (Collins et al, 2009), implementation of waste avoidance and water-use minimisation measures (London 2012(London , 2005, enhancement of locals' environmental consciousness (Kim et al, 2006), and the remediation of previously spoiled areas, for use by events (Collins et al, 2009).…”

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“…Consequently, the benefit asymmetry produced by mega-events historically hinders the diffusion of collaborative planning and community participation (Matheson, 2006). supported the event even if they were not optimistic about the economic benefits, the extent of any positive socio-cultural impacts, or the potential traffic congestion (Prayag et al, 2013;Ritchie, Shipway & Cleeve, 2009). However, several financial aspects and considerations marginalised the perspectives of residents and finally their overall engagement (Imrie, Lees & Raco, 2009), and in practice there were many discrepancies in participatory and community-led approach policies (Barata et al, 2013).…”

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Pre- and Postevaluation of Residents' Participation and Support of the 2012 London Olympics

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2017

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Even if the participation of locals is limited in mega-event decision-making, their support is crucial to the event's success. Using Social Exchange Theory, the study examines the extent to which community participation and perceived impacts affect residents' support of mega-events. Implementing a structural model, the examination is based on the combination of two pieces of research undertaken before and after the London Olympics. Findings confirm the importance of perceived benefits and costs in community support. They also reveal the increase in positive perceptions after the event, the strengthening of community participation willingness and residents' support, and provide an understanding of the role of perceived success in perspective formulation. Moreover, the study uses an explanatory model for the visualisation of the findings.Keywords: community participation, perceived impacts, mega-events, residents' attitudes, support model 2 INTRODUCTIONThe participation of locals in mega-events decision-making strongly influences the host community's support for further development (Gursoy & Kendall, 2006). This support in event related activities extends community participation and increases the willingness of locals to act as hosts in the foreseeable future (Pappas, 2014). Still, the participation of locals in decision-making is often limited due to: instructions for decision-making in governing systems (Eshlinki & Kaboudi, 2012), institutional and cultural constraints, resource property rights arrangements (Li, 2006), coordi nation problems amongst stakeholders (Grabher & Thiel, 2015), and the outdated incentives given to residents for the realisation of benefits over time (Suich, 2013).Support of the community in furthering tourism development has a significant influence on tourism planning policies (Yu, Chancellor & Cole, 2011), especially with regard to large-scale events since they heavily influence the life and the power relationships amongst locals (Frawley, 2015). Locals are likely to be positive and enthusiastic about hosting large-scale events such as the Olympics, since they perceive that their quality of life will be improved (Zhou & Ap, 2009). Still, megaevents may engender some participatory initiatives for the local community, but in general, decision-making and planning allow little input from local residents (Lamberti Noci, Guo & Zhu , 2011), whilst the more democratic approach to megaevent planning is surely more difficult to implement (Pappas, 2014). Consequently, the benefit asymmetry produced by mega-events historically hinders the diffusion of collaborative planning and community participation (Matheson, 2006). before and after mega-events. Taking into consideration the perspective that attitudes before, during and after the event could be significantly different (Gursoy & Kendall, 2006), the aim of the paper is to examine the extent to which community participation and perceived impacts affect residents' support of mega-events; more specifically, the London Olympics. Through the cr...

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London residents' support for the 2012 Olympic Games: The mediating effect of overall attitude

Cited by 313 publications

References 88 publications

Residents' perceptions of tourism development in Benalmádena (Spain)

Residents' perceptions of tourism development in Benalmádena (Spain)

Generation Z’s Sustainable Volunteering: Motivations, Attitudes and Job Performance

Pre- and Postevaluation of Residents' Participation and Support of the 2012 London Olympics

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