Freelancer’s Personal Development - In the Industry of Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition (MICE)

Afifah Rahmania, Windijarto, Dian Ekowati

2018

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine freelancers’ strategies and how they develop themselves in order to be hirable assets and qualified enough to meet the requirements in the industry of MICE, depending on the event being conducted. Design/methodology/approach – This research started with a literature review building the knowledge basis for the topic. The primary data were gathered through several in-depth interviews with MICE freelancers. Secondary data were collected from event publications and freelance advertisings. Results and collected data were sorted, reduced, and displayed. Finally, a conclusion was drawn to answer the research question. Findings – Freelancers were motivated by several factors, namely: working hours’ flexibility, higher earning potential, diversity of work, less commuting and more travel. Freelancers are eager to learn new things as part of their personal development process. Should freelancers wanted to change their interest from freelancing at conference event, which requires the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) of business English, to freelancing at exhibition event, they must develop and upgrade themselves, so that they have the KSA on how to deal with exhibitors and visitors during the exhibition. Research limitations/implications – Freelancers who were interviewed are those who have been working at MICE industry. Follow-up interviews with companies were conducted in order to find out whether they provide further training and development for their freelancers. Practical implications – The findings of this study suggest that freelancers who are interested in working at MICE industry must have a basic knowledge of event organizing for starters. Different kind of events will require different knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA) as well. Thus, freelancers need to identify where their competencies would fit best at certain kind of event.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rahmania A., Windijarto. and Ekowati D. (2018). Freelancer’s Personal Development - In the Industry of Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition (MICE).In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS, ISBN 978-989-758-348-3, pages 826-828. DOI: 10.5220/0007552208260828

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icps18,
author={Afifah Rahmania and Windijarto and Dian Ekowati},
title={Freelancer’s Personal Development - In the Industry of Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition (MICE)},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS,},
year={2018},
pages={826-828},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007552208260828},
isbn={978-989-758-348-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS,
TI - Freelancer’s Personal Development - In the Industry of Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition (MICE)
SN - 978-989-758-348-3
AU - Rahmania A.
AU - Windijarto.
AU - Ekowati D.
PY - 2018
SP - 826
EP - 828
DO - 10.5220/0007552208260828