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Resident perceptions toward the social impacts of a mega sport-event: the case of Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) EuroBasket 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania
Description
The purpose of this study was to examine the local residents' perceptions toward the social impacts of FIBA EuroBasket 2011, held September 7th to September 12th, 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania. This study focuses on the social impacts of the event since most of the mega-event academia is dominated by economic impact studies and this research attempts to go beyond a narrow quantitative approach to examine the social impacts in relation to two important academic contributions: 1) the embracement-withdrawal continuum and 2) the social exchange theory. A mixed methods analysis was adopted as the best approach for this research. Both a quantitative survey and qualitative questionnaire were used which yielded a total usable sample of 128 residents of Vilnius. Exploratory Factor Analysis was conducted to examine the underlying themes of the quantitative data and coding and thematic development was used to make sense of the qualitative data. The results confirmed that the event was considered successful (97% of residents embraced the event) and they generated 6 factors, or impacts, that were deemed important for influencing resident perceptions: social costs, social benefits, sociocultural impacts, socioeconomic impacts, sociopolitical impacts, and socioenvironmental impacts. These results indicate that the use of mixed methods analyses is crucial to investigate the interdependence between each impact that affects residents' perceptions toward sport mega-events.
Date Created
2011
Contributors
- Antoniou, Alexis (Author)
- Phillips, Rhonda (Thesis advisor)
- Mean, Lindsey (Committee member)
- Hultsman, Wendy (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Extent
v, 64 p. : 1 col. map
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14474
Statement of Responsibility
by Alexis Antoniou
Description Source
Viewed on Dec. 9, 2014
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2011
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-63)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Recreation and tourism studies
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