The Value of Money and Leisure and College Student's Choice of Major

SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-72

  Cunningham, Peter H ^a   Frauman, Eric ^b   Ivy, Mark I ^a   Perry, Tara L ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

academic major; leisure ethic; money ethic

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449127373     PISSN: 1937156X     EISSN: 21624097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1937156X.2004.11949526     Document Type: Article

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