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Abstract
ABSTRACT Using qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews this paper explores how serious leisure homebrewing helped 18 long-stay non-native professionals in South Korea nurture leisure sociability among fellow brewers and Korean family, co-workers, and the broader community. Findings point out they made friendships by involving interested social contacts in brewing techniques and sharing beers at home, and by volunteering for brewing classes, bottle exchanges, tasting events, and charity support. Through these activities they enjoyed the leisure sociability themes of shop talk, practical information, instruction, encouragement, promoting products, event analysis, and talking about their social circles and local social world. Also, they benefited from the serious leisure personal and social rewards of self-expression, self-image, group attraction, group accomplishment, and contributing to group maintenance. It emerged they did not rely on any third-party assistance and were self-reliant when following their hobby. This included initiating their reaching out to others for help, advice, or holding convivial occasions, and leveraging of hobby processes and products by giving classes, and donating bottled beers for community events. Future research can examine the viability of self-reliant leisure sociability when establishing successful friendships arising from amateur, hobby, and volunteer activities in other cross-cultural contexts and broader settings.
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As the official journal of the World Leisure Organisation, the purpose of the World Leisure Journal is to stimulate and communicate research, theory, and critical thought in all areas that address leisure, including play, recreation, the arts and culture, sport, festivals, events and celebrations, health and fitness, and travel and tourism. Empirical and theoretical manuscripts, as well as position papers, review articles, and critical essays are published in the World Leisure Journal . The World Leisure Journal is international in scope, and encourages submissions from authors from all areas of the world. Comparative cross-national and cross-cultural research reports are especially welcome. For empirical papers, all types of research methods are appropriate and the subject matter in papers may be addressed from perspectives derived from the social, behavioural, and biological sciences, education, and the humanities. Both pure and applied research reports are appropriate for publication in the World Leisure Journal . In addition to original research reports and review essays, book reviews, research notes, comments, and methodological contributions are appropriate for publication in the World Leisure Journal .