 Psychic income and social capital among host nation residents: A pre–post analysis of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South AfricaHeather J. Gibson, Matthew Walker, Brijesh Thapa, Kyriaki Kaplanidou, Sue Geldenhuys and Willie Coetzee Tourism Management, 2014, vol. 44, issue C, 113-122 Abstract: Following a growing focus on the social impacts of mega-sport events over the past decade, this study examined perceptions of psychic income and social capital among South African residents prior to, and following, the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Psychic income is a measure of event-related pride/euphoria and social capital is a proxy for social cohesion. Using a quasi-experimental trend design, residents of five host cities were surveyed three months pre-event (n = 1749), and eight months post-event (n = 2020). ANOVA, MANOVA and MANCOVA were used to evaluate the data over time. Psychic income significantly increased from pre to post-event; males and Black South Africans rated psychic income significantly higher. Three social capital dimensions decreased and two exhibited no change post-event; Black and younger South Africans perceived higher social capital levels. The social utility of mega-events, the concept of event-related legacy, and the operationalization of social impact and data collection time-frames for future studies are discussed. Keywords: FIFA 2010; Mega-events; Psychic income; Social capital; Social impact (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:touman:v:44:y:2014:i:c:p:113-122 DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.12.013 Access Statistics for this article Tourism Management is currently edited by Chris Ryan More articles in Tourism Management from Elsevier |
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