Trade shows in the 21st century : the role of events in structuring careers and professions / edited by Anne-Sophie Béliard, Sidonie Naulin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Naulin, Sidonie, editor.

Béliard, Anne-Sophie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade shows.

Career development--Social aspects.

Career development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

"Why do professionals keep attending face-to-face industry gatherings when digitization offers cheap, fast and time-saving technological solutions for professional interactions? This book sets out to explain such a phenomenon by analysing the reasons why professionals go to professional events, the role of events on individual careers and the way events can be instrumental in structuring emerging professions and (re)affirming stable, shared professional identities. Showcasing original research on the role of events in the structuration of careers and professions, this book focuses on professional events as a lens to analyse the transformations of professional worlds. It highlights the explanatory effect of career stage on event participation and use and the way events craft sociability to strengthen professions and careers. Different economic sectors are explored including new business lines, such as transmedia, Fab Labs and TV show and globalizing sectors, such as, business representation, fine dining and international trade exhibitions. Mature economic sectors such as craft fairs, film festivals and the events sector itself are also analysed. Providing an empirical and multidisciplinary approach to professional events and a diversity of case studies, this book will be an ideal read for sociologists interested in business, human resources and organization"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: the role of professional events in structuring careers and professions

PART I: The emergence of an occupational community

2. Festival sociability and professional careers: the role of TV festivals in structuring the series scriptwriting profession

3. Fab City Summit: structuring makerspace collectives around event preparations

4. Wedding business events: career tool and emerging market sustainability solution

5. Failing to configure? The life and death of Forum Blanc

PART II: The perpetuation of an occupational community

6. From small craft fair to international interior design trade show: how Maison&amp

Objet structured fine crafts in France (1949-2021)

7. Place your bets, all bets are off! Film festivals as devices for the construction and management of uncertainty for distributors and arthouse cinemas

8. "Not working … networking!" Scripting and shaping conviviality in trade events

PART III: The transnationalization of a professional community

9. International trade before globalization: the invention of international trade shows in France in the 1960s

10. B8, B7 and B20 summits as professional events: business as usual or new opportunities for business organizations?

11. The role of professional gatherings in the globalization of a professional space: the example of international food festivals

12. Afterword: Covid-19 and the digital quarantine of event-based sociabilities

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Béliard, Anne-Sophie Trade Shows in the 21st Century

ISBN:

1-80088-604-7