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The Serious Leisure Perspective
2014This chapter lays out insufficient detail the serious leisure perspective (SLP). It covers serious, casual, and project-based leisure. There is also a discussion of work and leisure and one about the nature of activity. Non-work obligation and occupational devotion are also considered.
Sam Elkington, Robert Stebbins
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Understanding Modding Devotion, Practices and Motivations using Serious Leisure Perspective
Proceedings of the 35th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, 2023Modding actively contributes to videogame post-launch life cycles. Prior research has investigated the motivations of modders, but most studies have treated makers and users as the same group. This limits our understanding of how and why people may engage and progress in modding as a serious leisure activity.
Nicoletta Chiara Tancred +3 more
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Theorizing Leisure Speech Communities From the Serious Leisure and Social Worlds Perspectives
World Leisure JournalAaron W Pooley
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Leisure Studies, 2019
While there has been increasing interest in the human-animal leisure intersection in recent times, leisure still largely remains human-centric or focussed.
Carmel Nottle, Janette Young
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While there has been increasing interest in the human-animal leisure intersection in recent times, leisure still largely remains human-centric or focussed.
Carmel Nottle, Janette Young
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Segmenting indigenous tourists from a serious leisure perspective
Journal of Vacation Marketing, 2012Cultural resources are the essence of indigenous tourism. Tourist’s sincere attitudes toward indigenous culture are critical to successfully manage and develop indigenous tourism. This study proposes examining the seriousness of tourists toward indigenous tourism to better explore the distinguishing and meaningful subgroups of indigenous tourists ...
Wu Tsung-Chiung +2 more
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Volunteering: A Serious Leisure Perspective
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 1996A handful of observers have suggested that volunteering can be defined and described as a leisure activity. Extending this reasoning, it is argued that many kinds of volunteering, because they foster the acquisition and expression of a combination of special skills, knowledge, and experience, can be looked on as serious leisure.
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Analysing ‘Seriousness’ in Roller Derby: Speaking Critically with the Serious Leisure Perspective [PDF]
Sociological Research Online, 2013 This article draws on original ethnographic research in the context of roller derby to argue for a sociological analysis of seriousness. Galvanized by the notable divergence between participants’ practices of ‘seriousness’ and the use of this concept in the Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP), the article develops three constructively critical points ...
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International Journal of Sport Management, Recreation & Tourism, 2008
The purpose of this study is to focus on the perception of the importance of leisure activities by those confronted with a life threatening disease as well as their caregivers. This hypothesis building research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with individuals who were and still are confronted with a life threatening disease as well as ...
Natalie Harrison, François Gravelle
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The purpose of this study is to focus on the perception of the importance of leisure activities by those confronted with a life threatening disease as well as their caregivers. This hypothesis building research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with individuals who were and still are confronted with a life threatening disease as well as ...
Natalie Harrison, François Gravelle
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Introduction to the Serious Leisure Perspective
2020As this book will show the SLP has flowered bountifully since 1973, and with this efflorescence, has made it increasingly difficult for all but the most dedicated of scholars to grasp the present complex theoretic construction in all its detail.
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Application of the Serious Leisure Perspective to Intrinsically Motivated Serial Homicide
Deviant Behavior, 2018This article briefly introduces the multidisciplinary field of leisure sciences before exploring how leisure theory, particularly the Serious Leisure Perspective, can provide important insights int...
D J Williams, Jolene Vincent
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