The meaning of leisure for Chinese/Canadians

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-18

  Walker, Gordon J ^a   Wang, Xiye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Appraisal; Chinese; Intrinsic motivation; Leisure; Perceived freedom

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LEISURE INDUSTRY; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 58049208285     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400802557907     Document Type: Article

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