Faith Ong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3100223 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Faith Ong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Faith |
| FAMILY NAME | Ong |
| SIGNATURE | ONG F |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0001-4774 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Systematic Review of LGBTQ+ Events
Diversity within? The paradox of social dominance and LGBTQ+ events
LGBTQ+ events can challenge social hierarchies as part of the social movement for equality, with event attendance assumed to reflect solidarity with this cause. Applying Social Dominance Theory, this study evaluates intra-group differences based on LGBTQ+ people’s social dominance orientation (SDO) and their degree of outness. Using a sequential mixed methods design in Australia, Study One (n = 420) uncovers three clusters: Hierarchy Supporters, …
This is what being queer looks like
Contributes to understanding of how LGBTQ+ events support identity construction for a stigmatised group such as LGBTQ+ people. • Study 1 findings outline the process through which stigma informs queer identity construction and social connectedness. • Study 2 explores the nuances in how events can foster different identity expression
Growing the significance of events in changing tourism geographies
Events have long been occasions to bring people together, with this congregative function contributing to their potential to shape and define place and space over time. Events are uniquely able to both reflect contemporary residential identities as well as shape future ones. Event studies have hitherto focused on festivals, mega-events, sporting events and a broad exploration of sustainability’s three pillars. However, it remains a young field of…
Volunteering Legacies from the Olympic Games
This paper examines how far a post-event volunteering legacy is facilitated by event organising committees leveraging existing volunteering infrastructure in host communities. The paper uses the lens of regulatory capitalism to examine how the organising committees of the Sydney 2000 and London 2012 Olympic Games engaged with the third sector, and specifically the volunteering infrastructure of the host nations, in the planning, delivery and post…
LGBTIQ + identities in tourism and leisure research
Tourism research on the LGBTIQ + communities has grown over the years, entering mainstream discussions as a segment of interest. The landscape of current scholarship, though important to academic literature, policy and practice, has not been explored. On this premise, and under the umbrella of social sustainability, a systematic qualitative review of scholarship on the LGBTIQ + community and tourism was conducted with Q1- and Q2-ranked travel and…
The sustainable development goals
The tourism workforce is diverse and the literature exploring workforce issues, whilst limited, largely focuses on remunerated workers. There is recognition that volunteering has a significant role to play in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); however, there is limited literature exploring the role of volunteering relative to the SDGs’ architecture. With reference to the tourism workforce, there is also a noticeabl…
Travel career or childhood travel habit
Teaching sustainability in tourism education
Addressing the dearth of sustainable tourism teaching simulations, this article details the design, development, testing and validation of a destination development game simulation designed to reinforce the teaching and learning of sustainable tourism principles. We discuss two stages of model development, including an earlier game developed using system dynamics and an evolved version with agent-based modelling extensions, incorporating a flock …
Questioning the inclusivity of events
Event programmes are typically designed with a target audience in mind, and such design can inherently signal inclusion or exclusion of marginalised segments. This is particularly the case for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) individuals, whose sexual and gender identities position them as an invisible minority on the periphery of society. Given the role of events in building community spirit, it is essential to e…
Impulse buying behaviour in tourism
Going global, acting local
In the growing field of volunteer tourism research, studies have investigated participant motivations and the benefits accruing to both travellers and the community, as well as undertaking critical assessments of the phenomenon. Comparatively little attention has been paid to changes associated with the post-volunteer period and particularly to the likelihood of volunteer tourists making contributions within their home communities. Using the Expe…
Virtuous volunteer tourism
The expanding body of research on volunteer tourism has generally assessed the merits of these programmes in positive terms, although it has also identified some negative impacts on host communities. In this paper it is proposed that a set of industry-wide guidelines could inform the largely unregulated volunteer tourism market and help it to achieve the right balance between encouraging positive impacts and minimizing negative side effects. A qu…
An examination of not-for-profit volunteer tourism sending organisations' guiding considerations that influence volunteer tourism programmes
This exploratory study examines the guiding considerations which not-for-profit volunteer tourism sending organisations utilise in designing and implementing volunteer tourism programmes. These considerations encompass overarching factors which affect the strategic and operational direction which those sending organisations take, influencing their choice of activities and providing the framework for their programmes. The study explores the vision…
Travel career or childhood travel habit
Going global, acting local
In the growing field of volunteer tourism research, studies have investigated participant motivations and the benefits accruing to both travellers and the community, as well as undertaking critical assessments of the phenomenon. Comparatively little attention has been paid to changes associated with the post-volunteer period and particularly to the likelihood of volunteer tourists making contributions within their home communities. Using the Expe…
Impulse buying behaviour in tourism
This is what being queer looks like
Contributes to understanding of how LGBTQ+ events support identity construction for a stigmatised group such as LGBTQ+ people. • Study 1 findings outline the process through which stigma informs queer identity construction and social connectedness. • Study 2 explores the nuances in how events can foster different identity expression
Growing the significance of events in changing tourism geographies
Events have long been occasions to bring people together, with this congregative function contributing to their potential to shape and define place and space over time. Events are uniquely able to both reflect contemporary residential identities as well as shape future ones. Event studies have hitherto focused on festivals, mega-events, sporting events and a broad exploration of sustainability’s three pillars. However, it remains a young field of…
Virtuous volunteer tourism
The expanding body of research on volunteer tourism has generally assessed the merits of these programmes in positive terms, although it has also identified some negative impacts on host communities. In this paper it is proposed that a set of industry-wide guidelines could inform the largely unregulated volunteer tourism market and help it to achieve the right balance between encouraging positive impacts and minimizing negative side effects. A qu…
An examination of not-for-profit volunteer tourism sending organisations' guiding considerations that influence volunteer tourism programmes
This exploratory study examines the guiding considerations which not-for-profit volunteer tourism sending organisations utilise in designing and implementing volunteer tourism programmes. These considerations encompass overarching factors which affect the strategic and operational direction which those sending organisations take, influencing their choice of activities and providing the framework for their programmes. The study explores the vision…
Virtuous volunteer tourism
The expanding body of research on volunteer tourism has generally assessed the merits of these programmes in positive terms, although it has also identified some negative impacts on host communities. In this paper it is proposed that a set of industry-wide guidelines could inform the largely unregulated volunteer tourism market and help it to achieve the right balance between encouraging positive impacts and minimizing negative side effects. A qu…
Going global, acting local
In the growing field of volunteer tourism research, studies have investigated participant motivations and the benefits accruing to both travellers and the community, as well as undertaking critical assessments of the phenomenon. Comparatively little attention has been paid to changes associated with the post-volunteer period and particularly to the likelihood of volunteer tourists making contributions within their home communities. Using the Expe…
Teaching sustainability in tourism education
Addressing the dearth of sustainable tourism teaching simulations, this article details the design, development, testing and validation of a destination development game simulation designed to reinforce the teaching and learning of sustainable tourism principles. We discuss two stages of model development, including an earlier game developed using system dynamics and an evolved version with agent-based modelling extensions, incorporating a flock …
Questioning the inclusivity of events
Event programmes are typically designed with a target audience in mind, and such design can inherently signal inclusion or exclusion of marginalised segments. This is particularly the case for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) individuals, whose sexual and gender identities position them as an invisible minority on the periphery of society. Given the role of events in building community spirit, it is essential to e…
Impulse buying behaviour in tourism
LGBTIQ + identities in tourism and leisure research
Tourism research on the LGBTIQ + communities has grown over the years, entering mainstream discussions as a segment of interest. The landscape of current scholarship, though important to academic literature, policy and practice, has not been explored. On this premise, and under the umbrella of social sustainability, a systematic qualitative review of scholarship on the LGBTIQ + community and tourism was conducted with Q1- and Q2-ranked travel and…
The sustainable development goals
The tourism workforce is diverse and the literature exploring workforce issues, whilst limited, largely focuses on remunerated workers. There is recognition that volunteering has a significant role to play in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); however, there is limited literature exploring the role of volunteering relative to the SDGs’ architecture. With reference to the tourism workforce, there is also a noticeabl…
Travel career or childhood travel habit
Volunteering Legacies from the Olympic Games
This paper examines how far a post-event volunteering legacy is facilitated by event organising committees leveraging existing volunteering infrastructure in host communities. The paper uses the lens of regulatory capitalism to examine how the organising committees of the Sydney 2000 and London 2012 Olympic Games engaged with the third sector, and specifically the volunteering infrastructure of the host nations, in the planning, delivery and post…
Diversity within? The paradox of social dominance and LGBTQ+ events
LGBTQ+ events can challenge social hierarchies as part of the social movement for equality, with event attendance assumed to reflect solidarity with this cause. Applying Social Dominance Theory, this study evaluates intra-group differences based on LGBTQ+ people’s social dominance orientation (SDO) and their degree of outness. Using a sequential mixed methods design in Australia, Study One (n = 420) uncovers three clusters: Hierarchy Supporters, …
This is what being queer looks like
Contributes to understanding of how LGBTQ+ events support identity construction for a stigmatised group such as LGBTQ+ people. • Study 1 findings outline the process through which stigma informs queer identity construction and social connectedness. • Study 2 explores the nuances in how events can foster different identity expression
Growing the significance of events in changing tourism geographies
Events have long been occasions to bring people together, with this congregative function contributing to their potential to shape and define place and space over time. Events are uniquely able to both reflect contemporary residential identities as well as shape future ones. Event studies have hitherto focused on festivals, mega-events, sporting events and a broad exploration of sustainability’s three pillars. However, it remains a young field of…
A Systematic Review of LGBTQ+ Events
Tourism (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (5 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (4 works) · Geography (4 works)