An analysis of conference attendees’ motivations: Case of international conference attendees in Singapore
An analysis of conference attendees’ motivations: Case of international conference attendees in Singapore
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参会者动机分析：以新加坡国际会议参会者为例
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2011
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E. Ekiz
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A. Malek;B. Mohamed;E. Ekiz
本研究旨在探讨与会人员参与国际会议决策的潜在动机。本研究亦旨在探讨不同性别、年龄、国籍的参会者是否存在动机差异。通过调查收集数据，针对与会者的动机态度的具体信息。研究结果显示，会议动机有四个维度：专业和声望、追求快乐、目的地因素和会议因素。结果还显示，人口统计学特征与动机态度之间的关系在统计学上不显著。
This research intends to capture the underlying motivations for the decision of conference attendees to participate in an international conference. This study also aims to investigate if motivational differences exist among attendees with different gender, age, and nationality. Data were collected through a survey, target specific information about the motivational attitudes of conference attendees. The findings revealed that there are four dimensions of conference motivations: professional and prestige, pleasure seeking, destination factors, and conference factors. The results also showed that the relationship between demographic characteristics and the motivational attitudes are statistically not significant.