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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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Pennsylvania State University - (State College, Pennsylvania, United States)

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Board Member of the Society of Park and Recreation Educators

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A Greenway Classification System: Defining the Function and Character of Greenways in Urban Areas

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Dynamics of Progression in Mountain Bike Racing

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Recreational specialization as a tool for market segmentation

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THE LEISURE CLASS From Veblen to Linder to MacCannell

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The Process of Celebrity Fan's Constraint Negotiation

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"WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE!" LEISURE TRAVEL AMONG GAY MEN LIVING IN A SMALL CITY

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An exploration of the relationships among social psychological involvement, behavioral involvement, commitment, and future intentions in the context of birdwatching

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Understanding the Birder as Tourist: Segmenting Visitors to the Texas Hummer /Bird Celebration

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Turing Points in the Journal of Leisure Research-The First 20 Years

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Triathlon and women's narratives of bodies and sport

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Participation in Wildlife Watching: A Multiple Hierarchy Stratification Perspective

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RECREATION SPECIALIZATION IN THE SOCIAL WORLD OF CONTRACT BRIDGE

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For Better or Worse? A Structural Model of the Benefits and Costs Associated with Recreational Specialization

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Mormon "Family Values" Versus Television: An Analysis of the Discourse of Mormon Couples Regarding Television and Popular Media Culture

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An investigation of the relationships between quality of service performance, benefits sought, satisfaction and future intention to visit among visitors to a zoo

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Urban Parks: Encouraging Walking to Combat Obesity

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Exploring time patterns in people's use of a metropolitan park district

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Dinosaurs on Noahs Ark? Multi-Media Narratives and Natural Science Museum Discourse at the Creation Museum in Kentucky

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The extended leisure experiences of music scene participation

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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Self-classification Measure of Recreation Specialization in the Context of Ultimate Frisbee

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Bourdieu and African Americans' Park Visitation: The Case of Cedar Hill State Park in Texas

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Segmenting participation in wildlife watching: A comparison of casual wildlife watchers and serious birders

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Deconstructing serious leisure using identity theory

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Social stratification in recreational fishing participation: Research and policy implications

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Considering Tobler's first law of geography in a tourism context

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Effects of Acculturation, Leisure Benefits, and Leisure Constraints on Acculturative Stress and Self-esteem Among Korean Immigrants

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Alleviating Park Visitation Constraints through Agency Facilitation Strategies

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Why Veblen Matters: The Role of Status Seeking in Contemporary Leisure

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Building stewardship with recreation users: an approach of market segmentation to meet the goal of public-lands management

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REORIENTING LEISURE RESEARCHTHE CASE FOR QUALITATIVE METHODS

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Change and stability in park visitation constraints revisited

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Social Stratification in Fishing Participation in the United States A Multiple Hierarchy Stratification Perspective

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Constraints to Pickup Basketball Participation among Chinese American Women

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Recreation and Amenity Values of Urban Stream Corridors: Implications for Green Infrastructure

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Serious Leisure and Recreation Specialization: An Uneasy Marriage

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Structural inequalities in outdoor recreation participation: A multiple hierarchy stratification perspective

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Interracial Contact Experience during Recreational Basketball and Soccer Korean American Males' Perspectives

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The problematic nature of participation in contract bridge: A qualitative study of grouprelated constraints

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Leisure Constraints and Acculturation among Korean Immigrants

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Measuring birding specialization: A confirmatory factor analysis

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Constraints to outdoor recreation: A multiple hierarchy stratification perspective

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Adolescent and adult leisure patterns: A reassessment

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An importance performance appraisal of bugfest

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Adolescent and adult leisure patterns: A 37year followup study

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Racial Discrimination and African Americans' Travel Behavior: The Utility of Habitus and Vignette Technique

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Urban Parks: Constraints on Park Visitation

# publications[].tags
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Slow violence in public parks in the US: can we escape our troubling past?

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Recreation Specialization and Related Concepts in Leisure Research

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The Mediating Effect of Place Attachment on the Relationship between Festival Satisfaction and Loyalty to the Festival Hosting Destination

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The tourist: a new theory of the leisure class

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Effects of Outdoor Recreation Participation and Interpretation

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An analysis of adult play groups: Social versus serious participation in contract bridge

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Leisure Constraints Among Military Wives

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Urban Parks: Responding to Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition

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Tic, toc, the game is locked and nobody else can play!

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Understanding differences in nonmarket valuation by angler specialization level

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Progression, Stability, or Decline? Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Change in Specialization Among Birdwatchers

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Natural environment influencing people's affinity for solitude

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Measuring Specialization among Birders: Utility of a Self-Classification Measure

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Recreational specialization: A critical look at the construct

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CELEBRITY FAN INVOLVEMENT AND DESTINATION PERCEPTIONS

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The relationship of individual time perspective and recreation experience preferences

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Empirical Linkages Between Serious Leisure and Recreational Specialization

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Assessing the Economic Value of a Public Birdwatching Interpretative Service Using a Contingent Valuation Method

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Motivations and commitments among participants in the great Texas birding classic

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Tourists' perceived safety through emotional solidarity with residents in two Mexico-United States border regions

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Strategic and operational factors' influence on the management of building maintenance operation processes in sports and leisure facilities, Hong Kong

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Korean American Males' Serious Leisure Experiences and Their Perceptions of Different Play Styles

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Advanced or Addicted? Exploring the Relationship of Recreation Specialization to Flow Experiences and Online Game Addiction

# publications[].label
For better or worse? A structural model of the benefits and costs associated with recreational specialization

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Recreation, Parks & Tourism Science; 2261 TAMU

# etdChairOf[].label
Kurten, Jason Henry (2011-02). Who are Climbing the Walls? An Exploration of the Social World of Indoor Rock Climbing. Master's Thesis.

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Herrera, Sergio Lino (2005-02). "We gotta get out of this place": A qualitative study on the effects of leisure travel on the lives of gay men living in a small community. Master's Thesis.

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"We gotta get out of this place": A qualitative study on the effects of leisure travel on the lives of gay men living in a small community

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Delovio, Malcolm Leihulu (2012-08). Purification and Characterization of a Recombinant Glycoprotein, Canine Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, as a Prelude to the Development of the Reproductive Glycoproteins. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Lum, Clinton S (2015-06). 'Hiker Trash' Along the Pacific Crest Trail: An Application of the Social World and Serious Leisure Frameworks. Master's Thesis.

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Cronan, Megan Kelly (2007-04). More than a pretty girl: resistance, community and group identity among female triathletes. Master's Thesis.

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Lee, Soojin (2009-05). Celebrity fandom and its relationship to tourism and leisure behaviors: the case of Korean wave. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Shores, Kindal Alayne (2006-10). The relationship of time perspective to time allocation, recreation experience preferences, and wellness. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Lee, Sunwoo (2013-01). A Study on Exploring People's Affinity for Solitude. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Fernandez, Mariela (2012-10). Increasing Hispanic Participation in a Public Recreation Center. Master's Thesis.

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Lee, Kang Jae (2010-07). Exploring Korean Americans' Interracial Contact Experiences During Recreational Sport Activities. Master's Thesis.

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Satchabut, Thitikan (2013-04). Effects of Recreation Participation and Tildenian Interpretation on Tourists' Environmental Concern. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Ingram, Linda Jean (2015-12). By Her Own Hand: Crafts, Creativity, Commerce, and Community - Women-Owned, Tourism-Related Craft Businesses in the Verde Valley, Arizona. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Rapelje, Brandon Wayne (2004-11). Rock climbing sub-worlds:  a segmentation study. Master's Thesis.

# etdChairOf[].label
Kerins, Andrew James (2007-04). Relax dude, we just play for fun! The flatlining trajectory of recreation specialization in the context of ultimate frisbee. Master's Thesis.

# etdChairOf[].label
Lee, KangJae (2013-07). Bourdieuian Analysis on African Americans' Under-representation at Parks and Outdoor Recreation. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Cavin, Drew Alan (2009-05). Understanding the experiences of African American outdoor enthusiasts. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
McMahan, Kelli (2015-08). Wilderness Accidents as Complex Life Events in Cognitive, Social, and Recreational Life Domains: Application of a Stress-Coping Model. Doctoral Dissertation.