Pub Date : 2023-01-15DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2023.2167230
Hana Gendel Guterman, Ora Elkan, T. Kushnir, N. Davidovitch
ABSTRACT Aim The study was aimed to assess whether leisure learners who engage in Torah/Bible studies report higher levels of spirituality than those who study other subjects, and whether higher levels of spirituality result in a higher meaning in life and greater psychosocial resources, specifically hope and quality of life. Methods A survey of 234 participants, who study either Torah or other subjects in their leisure time. Participants completed self–report questionnaires to report their spiritual sources of motivation, features of the subject of study, evaluations of their learning experience, and their meaning in life, hope, and quality of life. Results Quantitative measures showed that higher quality of life among Torah learners was affected by meaning in life and by personal spirituality and hope, but was not affected by faith in God. Among non–Torah learners, personal spirituality and hope had stronger associations with quality of life and weaker associations with meaning in life, compared to Torah learners. Conclusions Torah and other subject of study had different effects on learners' psychosocial resources. This study emphasizes the importance of generalizing the findings of sources of spirituality on learning among formal students as well as different social behaviors between Torah and other enrichment learners.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-10DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2023.2165142
José Ignacio Sánchez-Vergara, Marko Orel, Ignasi Capdevila
ABSTRACT To attract highly qualified remote workers to their cities and countries, governments have implemented mechanisms for the stay of digital nomads, thereby promoting local economic development. To manage the entry and stay of this professional class in these regions, future residents are required to obtain special visas for digital nomads. However, the guidelines and regulations for these visas are not clearly established, and the policy frameworks that apply have not been studied extensively. Thus, this paper explores how countries develop policies to attract digital nomads, support business development and position themselves as ideal territories for these knowledge workers. The study uses an interpretative policy analysis approach to examine and comprehend the purpose behind leisure policies and digital nomad visa systems from 24 countries that have introduced them over the past decade. Findings reveal that digital nomadic visas are framed as an engagement experience with the destination and its leisure facilities. Also, facilitating these policies are government strategies to promote a business environment and strengthen a high-level entrepreneurial ecosystem. The primary research contribution has been to outline the relevant policy mechanisms that support the attraction of highly skilled mobile workers to a specific area or region and debate their intended efficiency.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2023.2171011
Professor Sandro Carnicelli
Dear World Leisure Journal Readers, Dear Leisure Researchers, Students, Enthusiasts. In June 2023, I was appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the World Leisure Journal (WLJ). It was a bit of a surprise, because coming from Brazil I never expected that such role would be available for me. One of the barriers I perceived was that English is my second (or third) language (I was fluent in Italian before I started to learn English). Furthermore, in the past, I always looked at editorial roles with a degree of scepticism. In my early days in academia, I believed that the Editor-in-Chief was invariably occupied by a white, English-native, male Professor. Of course, I also need to acknowledge my privilege as a white man in a field that still needs to be more diverse. Indeed, a paper I recently co-authored demonstrates that Leisure journals still lack diversity in their Editorial Boards (Carnicelli & Uvinha, 2023). However, at the same time, in recent years I have seen colleagues including Atara Sivan, Heather Gibson, Catheryn Khoo, Cathy Hsu, Donna Chambers, and Sara Dolnicar doing amazing things and really transforming the fields of leisure, tourism, and hospitality with outstanding editorship, support to early career researchers, and promoting opportunities to scholars from the Global South. Indeed, the first and most urgent action I had to take in my Editor-in-Chief role was to diversify the World Leisure Journal Editorial Board. I prioritized this action because it is intrinsically linked to how I believe leisure research and knowledge development should go forward. The Anglophonic world still knows close to nothing about leisure research and knowledge in the Global South. Anglophonic researchers (mostly) limit themselves to what is written in English and published in what they see as “top” journals according to lists that classify journals based on contested metrics. On the other hand, the Anglophonic publishing system excludes those from the Global South who are not fluent in English. At this stage, you may be thinking “how cynical is Sandro criticising the publishing system while editing a journal that only accepts papers in English?”. Well, that is one of the biggest aims (and challenges) of my tenure. Can we publish papers in multiple languages? Can we use technology and Artificial Intelligence to facilitate that? Can we develop partnerships with journals in other countries to re-publish some of their papers in English? Can we allow them to publish our paper in their language free of cost? Can we make sure we break barriers that exclude? If we consider the publication of academic journals (and here I have many criticisms to the current neoliberal logic of academic publication) I believe that they play two important roles. First, they are an important tool for the communication of ideas, science, and knowledge. Second, they can encourage and stimulate practical changes in the research agenda, in research paradigms, but also in, for example, policy and
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Pub Date : 2022-12-28DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2022.2162112
J. Nofre, Manuel García-Ruiz
ABSTRACT The current climate emergency and the emergence of a stagflation scenario in Europe have revealed the scarce presence of environmental and resilience-related goals not only in the economic and financial viability plans of the nightlife industry but also in the different tools of nightlife governance already introduced in some European cities. In fact, the recovery and resilience plans of more than a third of the countries of the European Union, which constitute the central mechanism for the ongoing ecological urban transition, do not mention the nightlife industry nor the creative night culture, whose importance is vital for many urban festivals. Despite that, some nightlife entrepreneurs have begun to adapt their businesses to the current urban ecological transition in Europe. Meanwhile, a large part of the scientific community does not seem to be interested in the economic and environmental challenges affecting Europe’s nightlife industry. For the authors of this article, if nightlife is revealed to be central to the socio-emotional wellbeing of many people in our (post-)pandemic world, the “greening” of the nightlife industry should arise as a central topic in the short and medium-term for academics researching in the fields of tourism, hospitality, leisure, and urban studies.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-27DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2022.2158924
Yihan Yan, Xia Wang, Ruofan Zhang, Ying Zhang
ABSTRACT Despite the benefits of leisure activities for mental health, very little is known about the link between leisure activities and mental health of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. To fill this knowledge gap, this study sought to examine the relationship between leisure activities and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. A cross-sectional online survey of 30 Chinese provinces was conducted from March 9 to 25. The Zung’s Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and Self-Rating Depression Scale were conducted to measure mental health, while the duration of leisure activities was used to evaluate leisure. Results of logistic regression showed the impact of leisure activities on self-rated mental health depends on types of leisure activities. Reading and calligraphy are beneficial to self-rated mental health while online activities are not. Self-rated mental health is associated with leisure activities. More college students with self-reported anxiety symptoms like to participate in hobbies and outdoor physical activities, while college students who reported depression are reluctant to participate in most leisure activities. Females, postgraduates incline to participate in more types of leisure activities, and students living in urban areas are reluctant to join outdoor physical activities. Besides, these groups are more likely to have self-reported mental illness symptoms.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-22DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2022.2160374
Ceren Aydin, Ç. H. Özel
ABSTRACT Women's participation in leisure activities is affected by many constraints, such as gender roles expected from women, the cultural structure of society, society's perspective on women, religious beliefs, traditions and customs. A woman's free will to participate in the activity she wants is only possible if the constraints to participation are removed. For this reason, it is critical to determine the leisure constraints of women. This study aims to determine women's leisure constraints within the cultural framework of Turkish society. A qualitative research method was used, and data were collected from 26 regions representing Türkiye. In-depth interviews were conducted with a total of 52 women. Socio-cultural, economic, and demographic diversity was ensured among the participants. The constraints that emerged in the findings were examined under structural, intrapersonal, and interpersonal constraints. The most frequently mentioned constraints were fear of violence and harassment, family pressure, and social pressure. Theoretical and practical implications are presented to eliminate women's leisure constraints in Turkish society.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-14DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2022.2156594
Keita Matsushita
ABSTRACT In Japan, workcations have gained attention as a way to offset the economic damage caused to inbound tourism by the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering its aims to contribute to the local community and increase interactions with local residents, the Japanese-style workcation can be positioned as a form of digital nomadism that seeks alternatives to existing work styles. This study is based on fieldwork in Tottori Prefecture in Japan and includes interviews and participant observation. It aims to examine (1) national and local government workcation policies, (2) the development of new services and businesses that facilitate workcation, and (3) the process of introducing hybrid work in companies. Japanese-style workcation as a social design can offer solutions to problems such as the concentration of population in cities, ageing population, and declining tourism industry. The work styles and lifestyles suggested by the Japanese-style workcation should continue to be explored as an area where new tourism, social design, and community design overlap. At the same time, incorporating digital nomadism as individualism into the workcation remains a future issue.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-12DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2022.2156593
C. Pacheco, António Azevedo
ABSTRACT CoLiving involves facilities that combine work and life experiences, which challenge the traditional concept of home. This paper aims to map the journey of the CoLiving experience of digital nomads. The paper adopts a qualitative approach, combining content analysis of in-depth interviews with interpretation of the visual narratives of photos taken by 13 participants, who were recruited in Selina CoLive hotels. The study assessed: (RQ1) the most important information sources and communication channels that contribute to increase the awareness of CoLiving operators and destinations (awareness stage); (RQ2) the major motivators and trigger events that drive people to adopt a digital nomadism lifestyle (consideration stage); (RQ3) the selection criteria that underpin the decision to choose specific destinations and CoLiving spaces and the minimum requisites in terms of living, working and social needs (planning stage); (RQ4) the positive touchpoints that generate unique memorable emotions, which foster satisfaction and the negative ones that provoke dissatisfaction (experience stage); (RQ5) the sense of community and sense of place, resulting from the transformational experience of CoLiving are usually shared in social media, thereby generating electronic word-of-mouth (advocacy stage).
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Pub Date : 2022-11-14DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2022.2146741
Reni Polus, N. Carr, Trudie Walters
ABSTRACT Volunteering practices have largely drawn on theories based on Eurocentric conceptualizations. The dominant Eurocentric models of volunteering, as a significant leisure experience, have served to marginalize other definitions and practices. Thus, this paper argues that, while the Eurocentric conceptualization provides a useful framework to understand volunteering in different cultural contexts, it is critical to embrace the complexities and nuances that exist beyond this. Consequently, the paper presents a critical examination of the limitations of this dominant conceptualization of volunteering. In doing so, the paper challenges Eurocentrism domination in the studies of volunteerism and discourse and examines how volunteering can (and does) differ across cultural contexts, to varying degrees. Overall, this paper shows that volunteering is a more complex and nuanced concept than the dominant Eurocentric models depict. Consequently, this paper offers a potential springboard from which to critically examine potentially contested culturally driven meanings of leisure, of which volunteering is an integral component, empowering people to own their leisure rather than conform to Eurocentric definitions of leisure.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-23DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2022.2136746
Yong-Kwan Lee
ABSTRACT This study aims to find out gender differences in leisure by examining the relationship between time and time use satisfaction(TUS) for each leisure type. As a result of analysing the Korean Time Use Survey, sports/leports and rest for men and hobbies and leisure learning for women showed a positive correlation with TUS, and for women, the more diverse the leisure types, the higher the TUS. I found that the gender norms imposed on women reduced their leisure time as well as their satisfaction, and that women’s labour market participation significantly constrained the quantity and quality of leisure compared to men. Gender differences in leisure are explained by resource availability, and women's leisure activities are more influenced by time resources and men’s financial resources. The nonlinear relationship between leisure repertoire or time and satisfaction shows gender differences in the combination of leisure diversity and time that increase the positive influence of leisure.
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