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

Publication Version

Publisher's version

College

Rosen College of Hospitality Management

Location

Rosen College of Hospitality Management


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