London residents' support for the 2012 Olympic Games: The mediating effect of overall attitude
TL;DR: The authors empirically tested a model of residents' support for the 2012 Olympic Games and found that overall attitude towards the Games mediates the relationship between perceived socio-cultural, economic, and environmental impacts, and residents support for Olympic Games.
About: This article is published in Tourism Management.The article was published on 2013-06-01. It has received 272 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Theory of reasoned action & Social exchange theory.
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TL;DR: In this article, an extended review of the field's evolution and development is presented, charting the growth of the literature, focussing both chronologically and thematically, forming the basis which signposts established research themes and concepts and outlines future directions for research.
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TL;DR: This article explored the role of residents' place image in shaping their support for tourism development and found that more favorable perceptions of the economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts lead to greater support.
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...As such, their model ignores the common agreement (e.g., Prayag et al., 2013) on the multi-dimensional nature of tourism impacts (comprised of economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts)....
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...observe and are often the most valued by local authorities and residents (Gursoy et al., 2002; Prayag et al., 2013)....
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..., 2010; Nunkoo & Ramkissoon, 2012) and is less insightful for sustainable development and the marketing of new projects (Prayag et al., 2013)....
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...This study also draws on the SET and the common agreement that to understand residents’ evaluation of the exchange made, and to enhance theoretical development, there is a need to consider the importance of each impact domain (Jurowski et al., 1997; Prayag et al., 2013)....
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...This reflects the common view of tourism as a tool for economic development of local communities (Gursoy et al., 2002; Prayag et al., 2013)....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed and tested a multidimensional scale to evaluate the perceived social impacts of a large-scale sport tourism event, which revealed the multi-dimensional nature of perceived social impact and contributed to a better understanding of how local residents view the impacts associated with a large scale sport tourism events.
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...It is important to understand the need for balanced research between tangible impacts and intangible impacts for planning and operating a publicly acceptable event (Kim & Petrick, 2005; Kim & Walker, 2012; Prayag et al., 2013)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the residents' perceptions of the impact of tourism in Benalmadena and the profiles of the residents according to socio-demographic characteristics, and found that 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.
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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)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a baseline model of residents' support for tourism and compared it with four competing models, each model contains the terms of the baseline model and additional relationships reflecting alternative theoretical possibilities.
Abstract: Social exchange theory (SET) has made significant contributions to research on residents’ support for tourism. Nevertheless, studies are based on an incomplete set of variables and are characterized by alternative, yet contradictory, and theoretically sound research propositions. Using key constructs of SET, this study develops a baseline model of residents’ support and compares it with four competing models. Each model contains the terms of the baseline model and additional relationships reflecting alternative theoretical possibilities. The models were tested using data collected from residents of Niagara Region, Canada. Results indicated that in the best fitted model, residents’ support for tourism was influenced by their perceptions of positive impacts. Residents’ power and their trust in government significantly predicted their life satisfaction and their perceptions of positive impacts. Personal benefits from tourism significantly influenced residents’ perceptions of the positive and negative impacts...
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