Keywords
Accommodating versus resolving paradox; events; formality versus informality; global – glocal paradox; stakeholder interests
Abstract
The aim of this research note is threefold: 1) to introduce the concept of paradox and its numerous applications to the study and management challenges associated with the planning and delivery of events, with a specific look at large-scale events like the Olympics to provide an extreme case; 2) to present a new paradox entitled the "Global–Glocal Paradox" that interrogates how inherent global and local stakeholder interests and tensions are managed; and 3) to present a series of conceptual and practical ways events can "accommodate" as opposed to "resolve" this paradox to help balance stakeholder interests instead of pitting one against the other.
Publication Date
1-2023
Original Citation
Duignan, M. B., Parent, M. M., & McGillivray, D. (2023). Accommodating (Global–Glocal) Paradoxes Across Event Planning. Event Management, 27(1), 149–154. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599522X16419948694991
Document Type
Paper
Language
English
Source Title
Event Management
Volume
27
Issue
1
Copyright Status
Publisher retained
Publication Version
Publisher's version
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
College
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Location
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
STARS Citation
Duignan, Michael; Parent, Milena M.; and McGillivray, David, "Accommodating (Global–Glocal) Paradoxes Across Event Planning" (2023). Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 1169.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucfscholar/1169