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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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Cooking Classes as Destination Image Contribution: A Serious Leisure Perspective
Leisure Sciences, 2023Gastronomy tourism is of great interest to scholars due to its valuable contribution to destination images. Most studies use quantitative methodology, although mixed-method research provides more valuable insights. This study proposes two complementary theoretical models based on the online gastronomic image and a mixed methodological framework to ...
Estela Marine-Roig +2 more
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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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International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 2020
It is surprising that only now leisure studies are starting to look at the importance of the physical environment (i.e. natural and built environments). Recently, an increasing number of research studies were conducted on leisure and space but most, if not all, were unidirectional, meaning that they only observed the influence of place on leisure ...
Jean-Marc Adjizian +2 more
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It is surprising that only now leisure studies are starting to look at the importance of the physical environment (i.e. natural and built environments). Recently, an increasing number of research studies were conducted on leisure and space but most, if not all, were unidirectional, meaning that they only observed the influence of place on leisure ...
Jean-Marc Adjizian +2 more
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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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Senior fashion models’ perspectives on serious leisure and successful aging
Educational Gerontology, 2019Studies have revealed the positive impact of serious leisure among older adults. Serious leisure is the systematic pursuit of an amateur, hobbyist, or volunteer core activity that is highly substan...
Sanghee Lee +4 more
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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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Applying theory in practice: The serious leisure perspective and public library programming
Library & Information Science Research, 2020Abstract Program planning in public libraries is generally guided by anecdotal best practices, facilitator interest, or perceived need, and not by theoretical frameworks, which can provide more systematic and evidence-based guidance and understanding.
Amy VanScoy +2 more
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