Auto-ethnography in leisure studies

Leisure Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-146

  Anderson, Leon ^a   Austin, Mathew ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

leisure; methodology; recreation; sport

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPORT;

EID: 84860164741     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2011.599069     Document Type: Article

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