London residents' support for the 2012 Olympic Games: The mediating effect ofoverall attitude

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 629-640

  Prayag, Girish ^a,g   Hosany, Sameer ^b   Nunkoo, Robin ^c,e,f   Alders, Taila ^d  

^a SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^g TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

2012 Olympic Games; Mega event impacts; Overall attitude; Residents' support; Social exchange theory; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OLYMPIC GAMES; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL THEORY; SPORT;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85028149483     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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