Temporal changes in factors affecting convention participation decision

Yoo, Joanne Jung Eun; Chon, Kaye

doi:10.1108/09596111011013507

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“…Loyal attendees create positive word-of-mouth (WOM) recommendations and revisit conventions in the future. Loyalty is also a frequently studied factor in event and tourism research that has explored the intention to take part in conferences in future, and the rate of prior attendance as two loyalty indicators [84][85][86].…”

Section: Loyaltymentioning

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Understand Delegates Risk Attitudes and Behaviour: The Moderating Effect of Trust in COVID-19 Vaccination

Chen

Luo

2023

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The continuing COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many people to receive the needed vaccines. However, how trust in vaccination affects the attitude and behavior of delegates attending a convention in Macau has yet to be determined. Accordingly, we applied quantitative method in conducting a survey involving 514 participants and analysed the data using AMOS and SPSS. The results showed that trust in vaccines has a significant impact on moderating the relationship between risk attitude and satisfaction. Trust in vaccines has a significant positive effect on involvement. Risk attitude negatively affects involvement, satisfaction, and loyalty. The major contribution of this research is the introduction of a model based on trust in vaccination. To boost delegates’ confidence to attend convention activities, governments and organizations should deliver accurate information on vaccines and pandemic risks, and that delegates should obtain accurate information about it. Lastly, unbiased and professional operators of the MICE industry also can offer precise COVID-19 vaccination information to reduce misperception and increase the security.

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Section: Loyaltymentioning

confidence: 99%

Understand Delegates Risk Attitudes and Behaviour: The Moderating Effect of Trust in COVID-19 Vaccination

Chen

Luo

2023

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“…• Networking circle: The opportunity to exchange opinions and network with small groups with the same scientific interest is one of the main reasons for participation in a scientific conference. The recognition of the scientist, which can be derived from his own networking circle, is universally recognised by the scientific community (Yoo and Chon, 2010). • Topic of a Conference: One of the main factors for participation in a conference is the theme of the conference.…”

Section: Main Factors That Increase Participation In Online Scientific Conferencesmentioning

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Modeling the development of the online conference’s services

2016

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Purpose – The integrated purpose of the libraries’ communication plan in general is to create and accomplish scientific events aiming, first of all, at covering the extensive demand for the scientific conferences. Their primary objective is to raise the prestigious brand name of their organisation, which constitutes the organizing authority. At the same time, this authority, except for its non-profit charitable profile, aims to financial gains by attracting participants for its sustainability. Furthermore, these academic events have contributed to the utmost dissemination of the library’s brand name to an expanding mass of people to the extent of attracting new visitors (Broady-Preston and Lobo, 2011). One of the qualitative academic events, among others, is the creation of academic-nature events, whose following-up is blocked by a multitude of financial barriers according to the new visitors’ viewpoint. Considering the economic crisis, the purpose of this paper is the creation of interesting, in the science of library, online events, just like the online conferences (Broady-Preston and Swain, 2012). Design/methodology/approach – This paper highlights the advantages of the dynamic modelling of systems aimed at developing a successful online conference. In this research, the authors have used the science of design and the research methodology for testing the concept of modeling. Findings – This paper examines the interface among several dimensions for the development of dynamic models. The validity and usefulness of those models in the process of decision-making has been confirmed by the usage of dynamic models in various sectors. Originality/value – This paper applies the system and the concepts of dynamic modelling, which are pioneering elements as to their nature and evolution.

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“…Lee & Back, 2007a; M. J. Lee & Back, 2007b;Mair & Thompson, 2009;Oppermann & Chon, 1997;Var, Cesario, & Mauser, 1985;Yoo & Chon, 2008;Yoo & Chon, 2010;Zhang et al, 2007). The early work by Var et al (1985) only modelled how attendees choose between conferences at different locations,…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Lee & Back, 2007b; M. J. Lee & Back, 2008;Yoo & Chon, 2008;Yoo & Zhao, 2010;Yoo & Chon, 2010). Over these two decades many of the conference attendance motivation and decisionmaking studies were also undertaken, again utilising quantitative studies (Grant & Weaver, 1996; M. J.…”

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The holistic conference experience: understanding the individual attendee's conference journey

Stefansdottir¹

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The overall aim of this research is to analyse and explain conference attendees' holistic journey over their career and to interpret the complexities of how they develop their outcomes from not only a single conference journey but their accumulated conference journeys. Conference research has traditionally concentrated on only a part of the conference journey, mostly elements within the decision-making process (G. I. Crouch & Ritchie, 1998; Del Chiappa, 2012; M. J. Lee & Back, 2007a; M. J. Lee & Back, 2007b; Oppermann & Chon, 1997; Rompf, Breiter, & Severt, 2008; Yoo & Chon, 2008). Currently there is a shift from a management dominant paradigm towards a design dominant paradigm within event research which has contributed towards increased knowledge on the experience at the conference itself (Hahm, Breiter, Severt, Wang, & Fjelstul, 2016; Henn & Bathelt, 2015; Ryu & Lee, 2013; Wei, Lu, Miao, Cai, & Wang, 2017; Wei & Miao, 2017). These early studies focused greatly on the view of the conference host and organiser with the voice of the attendee receiving limited attention leading to calls for further research on them (J. Lee & Back, 2009b; Ramirez, Laing, & Mair, 2013; D. Severt, Wang, Chen, & Breiter, 2007). This research responds to this call by focusing on the attendee, specifically two types of attendees, academics and professionals. Supported by emerging event design thinking, it allows not only for a comparison of the similarities and differences of their journeys, but also provides opportunity for identification of the key influences affecting the conference attendees' outcomes. To achieve this, an interpretivist position was adopted for this research, utilising a qualitative framework consisting of 18 semi-structured life-world interviews (Kvale, 2007). This approach responded to calls for further qualitative research within event studies (Getz 2012, Mair and Whitford 2013, Mair 2012, Brown 2014) as conventionally they have been carried out quantitatively (Crowther, Bostock and Perry, 2015). The data was analysed using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) thematic analysis technique generating two conference journeys, for academics and professionals. The research identifies the key influences within the holistic conference journey which support the development of outcomes. It reveals the influences to be both internal to the attendee as well as external. The internal influences relate to the conference attendee’s multiple identities, which impact their ambitions, engagement and emotions which then influence the single conference journey and their holistic lifetime journey throughout their career. The career stage is also internal influence. The external influences are the attendee’s workplace at each time of the journey and the conference designer of each attended conference. Fundamentally the research shows how there is an interaction between an individual’s single conference journey and their lifetime career. When people attend conferences throughout their career and are actively engaged with their attendance during the conference journey influences their career. These major influences of the single conference journeys, the multiple conference creators and workplaces over a career together are powerful. On their own, along with the attendee’s reflections, they are however only a part of the overall puzzle contributing towards the development of outcomes from the conference journey. The research hence identifies that the conference creator can have a larger impact than previously suggested in the literature by shifting their mindset from focusing on their conference as an independent, all-important event, towards a piece in the holistic career of their attendees, designing for maximised outcomes which contribute towards career progression. This research makes a timely and justifiable contribution to the conference literature, under the emerging and growing umbrella of event design.

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Temporal changes in factors affecting convention participation decision

Cited by 21 publications

References 45 publications

Understand Delegates Risk Attitudes and Behaviour: The Moderating Effect of Trust in COVID-19 Vaccination

Understand Delegates Risk Attitudes and Behaviour: The Moderating Effect of Trust in COVID-19 Vaccination

Modeling the development of the online conference’s services

The holistic conference experience: understanding the individual attendee's conference journey

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