Who is answering the call? Volunteer firefighting as serious leisure

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 161-189

  Yarnal, Careen Mackay ^a   Dowler, Lorraine ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Obligation; Serious leisure; Social capital; Volunteer firefighters

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010905320     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2002.9651302     Document Type: Article

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