Commitment to public leisure service providers: A conceptual and psychometric analysis

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-103

  Kyle, Gerard T ^a   Mowen, Andrew J ^b   Absher, James D ^c   Havitz, Mark E ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency commitment; Scale development; Setting attachment; Sructural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

MODELING; PUBLIC SERVICE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 33646496170     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2006.11950070     Document Type: Article

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