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The Dutch Queen's Day event How subjective experience mediates the relationship between motivation and satisfaction

The Dutch Queen's Day event How subjective experience mediates the relationship between... Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between subjective experience of an event, motivational style for participating and satisfaction afterwards. It proposes that subjective experience of positive affect acts as a mediator between motivation and satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – The paper opted for a quantitative survey among 285 respondents asking about their motivation to participate in celebrating Queen's Day, a Dutch national event around the birthday of the Queen Mother. Their satisfaction levels and subjective experience of the event were collected after the event. The (mediation) hypotheses were tested through a series of regression analyses. Findings – The paper provides empirical insights about how subjective experience mediates the effect between motivational style and satisfaction. Originality/value – This paper fulfils an identified need to study the effects of subjective experience in events. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Event and Festival Management Emerald Publishing

The Dutch Queen's Day event How subjective experience mediates the relationship between motivation and satisfaction

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1758-2954
DOI
10.1108/17582951311325917
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Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between subjective experience of an event, motivational style for participating and satisfaction afterwards. It proposes that subjective experience of positive affect acts as a mediator between motivation and satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – The paper opted for a quantitative survey among 285 respondents asking about their motivation to participate in celebrating Queen's Day, a Dutch national event around the birthday of the Queen Mother. Their satisfaction levels and subjective experience of the event were collected after the event. The (mediation) hypotheses were tested through a series of regression analyses. Findings – The paper provides empirical insights about how subjective experience mediates the effect between motivational style and satisfaction. Originality/value – This paper fulfils an identified need to study the effects of subjective experience in events.

Journal

International Journal of Event and Festival ManagementEmerald Publishing

Published: May 31, 2013

Keywords: The Netherlands; Calendar events; Citizen participation; Events; Satisfaction; Motivation; Self‐determination theory; Subjective experience

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