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dc.contributor.authorLi, Xiang Robert
dc.contributor.authorHsu, Cathy HC
dc.contributor.authorLawton, Laura J
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-28T01:12:35Z
dc.date.available2019-03-28T01:12:35Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0047-2875
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0047287513517422
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/101473
dc.description.abstractThis study attempts to integrate social exchange theory (SET) and social representations theory (SRT) in understanding residents’ perception changes throughout a mega-event’s full life cycle. A three-wave survey approach was employed to track local residents’ evolving attitudes toward the 2010 Shanghai Expo. Results showed that Shanghai residents’ perceived impacts at the community level were more positive than at the individual level. Residents’ visit status (i.e., whether they attended the event or not) did not appear to substantially influence their perceptions of impacts at either level, albeit attendees did demonstrate more favorable attitudes on several aspects. Most residents held similar perceptions at the beginning of and six months after the Expo had concluded, but their perceptions at the Expo’s conclusion were the most negative. This study supports that SET and SRT are distinctly operative in different contexts but can complement each other in explaining residents’ perception changes.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSage
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom396
dc.relation.ispartofpageto410
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Travel Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume54
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommercial services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarketing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchImpacts of tourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3504
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3508
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350803
dc.titleUnderstanding Residents' Perception Changes toward a Mega-Event through a Dual-Theory Lens
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLawton, Laura J.


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