Empirical Linkages Between Serious Leisure and Recreational Specialization

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 450-462

  Lee, Sunwoo ^a   Scott, David ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

birdwatching; commitment; recreational specialization; serious leisure; seriousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887188543     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2013.812263     Document Type: Article

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