Mixed serious leisure and grassroots organizational capacity: A study of amateur artist groups in a regional Australian city

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-286

  Bendle, Lawrence J ^a   Patterson, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Creative arts; Grassroots; Mixed serious leisure; Organizational capacity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; URBAN AREA; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70449366337     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400902837878     Document Type: Article

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