People and work in events and conventions : a research perspective /
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| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA :
CABI,
[2009]
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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.