Béliard, A.-S., Naulin, S. (eds.), 2022, Trade Shows in the 21st Century : The Role of Events in Structuring Careers and Professions, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN: 978 1 80088 603 2, 248 p. [A paraître - septembre 2022] Lien vers la page de l'éditeur.
Résumé
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.