Serious leisure and well-being

Work, Leisure and Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 119-132

  Stebbins, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 85071550877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203135174-15     Document Type: Chapter

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