The purpose of this research was to explore and describe politicians’ evaluations of the work done by the government, perceptions of legacy and support for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. The literature has argued that organisers must know in advance the opinion of main stakeholders in order to plan, organise and stage sport mega-events which are going to leave important legacy to the hosts. Considering politicians have privileged information about costs and benefits of sport mega-events, they are more likely than any other group of stakeholders to be able to make rational choices about social exchanges related to such events. Social exchange theory provided the theoretical background to test a structural model, where evaluatio...
Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only.This study seeks to examine Rio...
Sport participation as a legacy of the Olympic Games (OG) has frequently featured as a component of ...
The Summer Olympic Games is the largest multi-sport event in the world. However, its ongoing gigant...
The purpose of this research was to explore and describe politicians’ evaluations of the work ...
Drawing on social exchange theory, this research explores and describes the structural relationships...
The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions held by physical education professionals of...
The purposes of this research were (a) to explore and describe the relationships relative to the eva...
The current study describes changes in Rio resident attitudes regarding perceived social legacy and ...
The purpose of the current study was to describe perceptions of Brazilian diplomats in regard to leg...
Bidding and organizing committees of mega-events greatly emphasize the intangible benefits derived f...
The purpose of this research was to describe temporal variations in Rio residents’ support for the 2...
Bidding and organizing committees of mega-events greatly emphasize the intangible benefits derived f...
Three years after the announcement of Rio de Janeiro as the host city of the 2016 Olympic Games and ...
Olympic Games provide an arguably unparalleled amount of opportunities for the host city and country...
This paper seeks to question the process of preparation of the Olympic Games in 2016. For that was d...
Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only.This study seeks to examine Rio...
Sport participation as a legacy of the Olympic Games (OG) has frequently featured as a component of ...
The Summer Olympic Games is the largest multi-sport event in the world. However, its ongoing gigant...
The purpose of this research was to explore and describe politicians’ evaluations of the work ...
Drawing on social exchange theory, this research explores and describes the structural relationships...
The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions held by physical education professionals of...
The purposes of this research were (a) to explore and describe the relationships relative to the eva...
The current study describes changes in Rio resident attitudes regarding perceived social legacy and ...
The purpose of the current study was to describe perceptions of Brazilian diplomats in regard to leg...
Bidding and organizing committees of mega-events greatly emphasize the intangible benefits derived f...
The purpose of this research was to describe temporal variations in Rio residents’ support for the 2...
Bidding and organizing committees of mega-events greatly emphasize the intangible benefits derived f...
Three years after the announcement of Rio de Janeiro as the host city of the 2016 Olympic Games and ...
Olympic Games provide an arguably unparalleled amount of opportunities for the host city and country...
This paper seeks to question the process of preparation of the Olympic Games in 2016. For that was d...
Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only.This study seeks to examine Rio...
Sport participation as a legacy of the Olympic Games (OG) has frequently featured as a component of ...
The Summer Olympic Games is the largest multi-sport event in the world. However, its ongoing gigant...