SERIOUS LEISURE

Information activity in serious leisure

Background. In the past decade, scholars of information science have started to conduct research on information behaviour in serious leisure. Presently, these studies lack common concepts and terms and empirical discoveries are not easy to assemble into theory. Aim. This conceptual and methodological paper surveys the aforementioned research area and introduces Anders Hektor's model of informat...

Information and food blogging as serious leisure

Purpose-To explore aspects of creating, seeking, sharing and management of information in food blogging asserious leisure. Design/methodology/approach-Participants‟ conceptualisation of food blogging and the role of information in it is interpreted through in-depth interviews and analysis of activity on the UK Food Bloggers Association website. Findings-Food blogging as a leisure pursuit result...

Adaptive Sport as Serious Leisure: Do Self-Determination, Skill Level, and Leisure Constraints Matter?

Serious Leisure and Recreation Specialization: An Uneasy Marriage

A case is made to wed research on serious leisure and recreation specialization. Before such a marriage can occur, the strengths and differences of the two perspectives must be examined. In this article, four important contributions of the recreation specialization are put forward that will further our understanding of serious leisure and intense forms of leisure. These are (1) there is diversi...

Empirical Linkages Between Serious Leisure and Recreational Specialization

This article explores linkages between four qualities of serious leisure (identity, perseverance, career, significant effort) and two facets of recreational specialization (personal commitment and behavioral commitment). Using data collected in a study of members of the American Birding Association, the six dimensions were strongly correlated with one another and made up a single dimension of w...