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Careers in Serious Leisure From Dabbler to Devotee in Search of Fulfilment /

Using the concept of fulfilment and the framework of the serious leisure perspective, this book examines the signposts marking the fulfilment career. This career begins with an interest in a serious pursuit, leading to an efflorescence many years later in amateurism, hobbyism, volunteering, or devot...

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Main Author: Stebbins, R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Leisure Studies in a Global Era
Subjects:
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Industrial sociology.
Ethnology.
Social groups.
Family.
Social work.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Sociology of Work.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Social Work.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137399731
Summary:Using the concept of fulfilment and the framework of the serious leisure perspective, this book examines the signposts marking the fulfilment career. This career begins with an interest in a serious pursuit, leading to an efflorescence many years later in amateurism, hobbyism, volunteering, or devotee work - and ultimately deeper fulfilment.
Physical Description:IX, 193 p. online resource.
ISBN:9781137399731

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