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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
business, management and accounting
Quality of Life, Event Impacts, and Mega-Event Support among South African Residents before and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Journal of Travel Research, Volume 52, No. 5, Year 2013
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Description
The purpose of the study was to explore the role of mega-event impacts on perceived satisfaction with quality of life and support among South African residents before and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Limited research has empirically tested whether quality of life (QOL) is perceived as an exchange benefit that facilitates resident support of mega-events. Intercept data were collected from residents in five host cities three months before (March 2010) and eight months after (March 2011) the event (N = 3,789). Results indicate significant differences in perceived impacts before and after the event. Before the event, the influence of political impacts, psychological impacts, and social benefits on perceived QOL was significant, while QOL mediated the relationships between political, psychological, and social benefit impacts and resident support. After the event, economic impacts emerged as a significant predictor of QOL in contrast to the preevent sample. © 2013 SAGE Publications.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kaplanidou, Kyriaki (Kiki)
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
Karadakis, Kostas
United States, Manchester
Southern new Hampshire University
Gibson, Heather J.
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
Thapa, Brijesh
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
South Africa, Pretoria
Tshwane University of Technology
Walker, Matthew
United States, Hattiesburg
University of Southern Mississippi
Geldenhuys, Sue
South Africa, Pretoria
Tshwane University of Technology
Coetzee, Willem J.L.
South Africa, Pretoria
Tshwane University of Technology
Statistics
Citations: 186
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/0047287513478501
ISSN:
00472875
e-ISSN:
15526763
Research Areas
Disability
Health System And Policy