Leisure and volunteer motivation at a special sporting event

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 363-377

  David Twynam, G ^a   Farrell, Jocelyn M ^b   Johnston, Margaret E ^b  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Serious leisure; Special events; Volunteer motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024206511     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2002.9651310     Document Type: Article

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