People and work in events and conventions : a research perspective /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
• Subjects: Special events > Planning > Research.; Special events industry > Cross-cultural studies. > Employees; Education and Training.; Professions; Practice and Service.; Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Labour and Employment.; Tourism and Travel.; Business tourism.; Career development.; Conference tourism.; Conferences.; Education.; Employment.; Human resources.; Personnel.; Personnel management.; Spectator events.; Work.; Electronic books.
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This book offers a synthesis of current research-based understanding relating to people and work opportunities in the events and conventions industry. The book is organized into five parts. The first two chapters set the scene with respect to events and employment within the sector, focusing on a gl...

Table of Contents:

• The events industry : the employment context / Judith Mair
• Event management employment in Australia : a nationwide investigation of labour trends in Australian event management / Charles Arcodia
• Employability in the cultural events sector : the role of specialist degree programmes / Zuleika Beaven, Sara St. George and Richard Wright
• Career profiles of convention industry professionals in Asia : a case study of Hong Kong / Adele Ladkin and Karin Weber
• 'Butterflying' career patterns in the convention and exhibition industry / Vivienne McCabe
• Career theory and major event employment / Leo Jago and Judith Mair
• New professionalism in the event sector and its impact in Hungary / Katalin Formadi and Csilla Raffai
• Managing pulsating major sporting event organizations / Clare Hanlon and Leo Jago
• Episodic experiences : volunteering flexibility in the events sector / Leonie Lockstone and Karen A. Smith
• Employee retention strategies for event management / Margaret Deery
• Volunteer recruitment and retention : an Australia-USA comparison / Joe Goldblatt and Catherine M. Matheson
• Involving and keeping event volunteers : management insights from cultural festivals / Karen A. Smith and Leonie Lockstone
• The psychology of sport event volunteerism : a review of volunteer motives, involvement and behaviour / Russell Hoye and Graham Cuskelly
• Managing volunteers to enhance the lagacy potential of major events / Christopher Auld, Graham Cuskelly and Maureen Harrington
• High-adrenalin work environments at events / Chris Kemp
• Human resources perspectives on the management of conferences as events in Kenya / Roselyne N. Okech.