{"title":"COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS AN EVENT IMPACT MANAGEMENT TOOL: A REVIEW AND A RESEARCH AGENDA","authors":"Lakshi S Senevirathna, Xin Jin, Ying Wang","doi":"10.3727/152599522x16419948695279","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Literature has highlighted the negative backlash from host communities for event hosting due to unfavourable impacts. Host communities feel ignored when event organisers do not appropriately acknowledge the communities' interests and concerns. Accordingly, studies have proposed community engagement as an impact management tool. However, evidence supporting the operationalised use of engagement as an impact management tool is scattered and inadequate. To this end, the current paper systematically locates, analyses and reviews 68 peer-reviewed empirical research articles on the nexus of event impacts and host community engagement to examine the lag in the literature's development. As one of the first reviews to systematically analyse empirical research on the use of community engagement as an event management tool, this study contributes to knowledge enhancement by revealing the current gaps in the literature and practice and provides future directions to strengthen the value of community engagement as an event impact management tool.","PeriodicalId":47354,"journal":{"name":"EVENT MANAGEMENT","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"EVENT MANAGEMENT","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3727/152599522x16419948695279","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Literature has highlighted the negative backlash from host communities for event hosting due to unfavourable impacts. Host communities feel ignored when event organisers do not appropriately acknowledge the communities' interests and concerns. Accordingly, studies have proposed community engagement as an impact management tool. However, evidence supporting the operationalised use of engagement as an impact management tool is scattered and inadequate. To this end, the current paper systematically locates, analyses and reviews 68 peer-reviewed empirical research articles on the nexus of event impacts and host community engagement to examine the lag in the literature's development. As one of the first reviews to systematically analyse empirical research on the use of community engagement as an event management tool, this study contributes to knowledge enhancement by revealing the current gaps in the literature and practice and provides future directions to strengthen the value of community engagement as an event impact management tool.
期刊介绍:
Event Management, an International Journal, intends to meet the research and analytic needs of a rapidly growing profession focused on events. This field has developed in size and impact globally to become a major business with numerous dedicated facilities, and a large-scale generator of tourism. The field encompasses meetings, conventions, festivals, expositions, sport and other special events. Event management is also of considerable importance to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations in a pursuit of a variety of goals, including fund-raising, the fostering of causes, and community development.