Social dimensions of community festivals: An application of factor analysis in the development of the social impact perception (SIP) scale

Event Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 45-55

  Small, Katie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community festivals; Factor analysis; Scale development; Social impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349127775     PISSN: 15259951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/152599508783943219     Document Type: Article

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