Tag: leisure studies

The emphasis of Leisure Studies is on theoretically informed critical analyses within the social sciences and humanities of the topics that constitute leisure as a subject field – including the arts, tourism, sport and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Gyms’ indoor environmental quality and customer emotion: the mediating roles of perceived service quality and perceived psychological safety by Van Thac Dang, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Thu Hang Hoang, Tran Hung Nguyen, Viet Thao Tran, Quang Huy Nguyen & Ninh Nguyen.

Leisure / Loisir strives to publish a diverse collection of scholarly papers in all areas of leisure, recreation, arts, parks, sport, and travel and tourism. Reflecting the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of these areas of study. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Music 4 Cancer: Appreciation of an underground music festival and its philanthropic purpose among festival goers by Patricia Comeau, Maryse Paquin & Rebeca Lemay-Perreault.

JPRTLS provides a critical focus on a variety of policy debates relating to the tourism, leisure and events sectors. Such policy debates will encompass economic, social, cultural, political and environmental perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Push and pull motivation factors: a panacea for tourism development challenges in Oluminrin waterfalls, Nigeria by Folusade Arowosafe, Oyebola Akinwotu, Olalekan Tunde-Ajayi, Olanrewaju Omosehin & Evans Osabuohien.

This journal publishes high-quality papers on the sociology of leisure that have a global interest, promote the development of this mature field within international sociology, and go beyond the traditional geographical areas of leisure studies. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Sport for a Livelihood and Well-being: From Leisure Activity to Occupational Devotion by Kirstin Hallmann, Laura Bogner, Kathrin Sander, Konrad Reuß (open sccess).

Managing Sport and Leisure is a refereed journal that publishes high quality research articles to inform and stimulate discussions relevant to sport and leisure management globally. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Cyclists or avatars: is virtual cycling filling a short-term void during COVID-19 lockdown? by Daniel Rojas-Valverde, Juan M. Córdoba-Blanco & Luis González-Salazar.

The purpose of WLJ is to stimulate and communicate research, theory, and critical thought in all areas that address leisure, including play, recreation, the arts and culture, sport, health and fitness, and travel and tourism. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “A shared energy”: West African drumming fosters cross-cultural understandings in Australia by Dawn Joseph.

Annals of Leisure Research is aimed at an international readership and seeks theoretical or applied articles which cover any topic within the broad area of leisure studies. Click below for full ToC with links to abstracts. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The juggernaut effect: community resistance and the politics of urban motor-racing events by Patricia Claudette Johnson, Christine Everingham & Phoebe Everingham.

It is the aim of this special issue to bring together international perspectives on protests and social movements, with focus on football, to unpack and understand the complexities and temporalities of modern leisure, and its intersubjective and interdependent relationship with fandom, and the construction of fan identities, politics, and social change.

Leisure Sciences presents scientific inquiries into the study of leisure, recreation, parks, travel, and tourism from a social science perspective. Articles cover the social and psychological aspects of leisure, and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: This Girl Can(’t): A Risk of Subjectification and Self-Surveillance in Sport England’s Behavioral Change Campaign by Laura McVey & Paul Harrison.

Leisure / Loisir strives to publish a diverse collection of scholarly papers in all areas of leisure, recreation, arts, parks, sport, and travel and tourism. Reflecting the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of these areas of study. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: When two worlds collide: the unsettling experiences of non-Indigenous volunteers at 2017 World Indigenous Nations Games by Chen Chen & Daniel S. Mason.