Purpose

This study aims to determine offline academic conference participation decision-making factors in the post-pandemic situation incorporating the safety measure as one of the factors.

Design/methodology/approach

This study provides a new model for examining the factors influencing academic conference participation using a quantitative approach. The responses of 110 academicians were collected and statistically evaluated using partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).

Findings

The results show that safety measures implemented by the conference organiser lead to trust and result in the decision to participate in the offline conference. Besides, conference factors also play a crucial role in determining the participation of academic conferences.

Research limitations/implications

The information was gathered from 110 replies, and to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence academic conference participation, a bigger sample size would be required.

Practical implications

The study's findings shed light on the components that affect academicians' decision to attend an offline conference which is critical for conference organisers, hotels and the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) business.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study that seeks to predict factors influencing academicians to participate in an offline academic conference in a post-pandemic setting by incorporating variables such as safety measures and trust.

中文翻译：

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预测疫情后学术会议参与决策的决定因素：以印度尼西亚为例

目的

本研究旨在确定大流行后形势下线下学术会议参与的决策因素，将安全措施作为因素之一。

设计/方法/方法

本研究为使用定量方法检查影响学术会议参与的因素提供了一个新模型。使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）收集并统计评估了 110 位院士的回答。

发现

结果表明，会议组织者实施的安全措施导致信任并导致决定参加线下会议。此外，会议因素对学术会议的参与度也起着至关重要的作用。

研究限制/影响

这些信息是从 110 条回复中收集的，为了更全面地了解影响学术会议参与的因素，需要更大的样本量。

实际影响

该研究的结果揭示了影响院士决定参加线下会议的因素，这对会议组织者、酒店和会议、奖励、会议和展览 (MICE) 业务至关重要。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，这是第一项旨在通过结合安全措施和信任等变量来预测影响院士在大流行后环境中参加线下学术会议的因素的研究。