Essays about: "Serious Leisure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Serious Leisure.

1. 1. Collaborative Food Production as a Tool for Sustainable Behaviour

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för marina vetenskaper

   Author : Louisa Will; [2021-11-17]
   Keywords : Food Production; Sustainable; Collaborative; ocean literacy; blue community garden; sea society; hav och samhälle;

   Abstract : To make people be able to effectively be able to make decisions to save the ocean from overexploitation, researchers are calling for strategies to make individuals more ocean literate. An Ocean Literacy Framework has been developed to increase public knowledge about the ocean and the relationship between humans and the ocean, but the framework does not yet address how the newly gained knowledge can be transformed into sustainable behaviours that benefit the state of the ocean. READ MORE

3. 2. CONVERSATIONS WITH CONSERVATIONISTS

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

   Author : Isabel de Jonge van Ellemeet; [2020]
   Keywords : Volunteer Tourism; Conservation Volunteers; Serious Leisure Perspective; Fulfilment Career; Social Responsibility.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study aims to contribute towards the existing literature of volunteer tourism by evaluating the impacts that volunteering has on career progression. There exists a plethora of research on volunteer tourism, focusing on the various motivations to volunteer and the diverse positive and negative impacts that volunteering has on host communities. READ MORE

4. 3. The Blurred Line Between Work and Play : An exploratory study of how professional esports players perceive their employment

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Jelena Jastremska; Dan-Leonard Hodeanu; [2020]
   Keywords : Esports; Professional Esports Players; Employment; Serious Leisure; Serious Leisure Characteristics;

   Abstract : The esports industry is a topic that has only recently become of interest to the researchers. In general, there is limited literature about the esports industry and its employment, and when it comes to professional players, it is even more scarce. READ MORE

5. 4. The Vasaloppet as transformative nature sport event : Does the experience of participating in nature sport events influences sustainable practices?

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Turismvetenskap

   Author : Michael Rosenbaum; [2018]
   Keywords : transformation; sustainability; sport events; experiences; Vasaloppet.;

   Abstract : The research for the master thesis was about the influence the participation in sport events taking place in nature has on sustainable behaviour of the individual. Although there is an understanding of what sustainability means in literature, each person defines its means for her or himself and acts differently. READ MORE

6. 5. Tourism in Football: Exploring Motivational Factors and Typologies of Groundhoppers : An example of a German Groundhopper Online Community

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Turismvetenskap

   Author : Christian Bauer; [2018]
   Keywords : Groundhopping; Serious Leisure; Sport Tourism; Tourist Motivation; Football.;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to examine the motivational factors and to explore possible typologies of groundhoppers. Groundhopping as a special form of sports tourism which has grown rapidly over the last couple of decades. READ MORE