Serious leisure, volunteerism and quality of life 200

Work and Leisure

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 200-212

  Stebbins, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203489321     Document Type: Chapter

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