Assessing hierarchical leisure constraints theory after two decades

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-134

  Godbey, Geoffrey ^a   Crawford, Duane W ^b   Shen, Xiangyou Sharon ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical validation; Hierarchical leisure constraints theory; Leisure constraints; Review of constraints research

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LEISURE INDUSTRY; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79957854589     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2010.11950197     Document Type: Article

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