This study reviewed non-Western and cross-cultural/national research published in five
major leisure studies journals between 1990 and 2009. Of 1,891 total articles, 4.1% were …

Leisure is a complex topic that, at times, appears to defy logical explanation. Research that
examines and compares leisure cross-culturally can provide important information to aid our …

Despite the trend toward globalization, a gap in leisure research between west and east
continues to exist. The noncritical use of western1 (and ethnocentric) terminologies …

Cross-cultural comparative research on leisure is extremely rare in both the anthropological
and leisure literatures. The opportunities for conducting such research are excellent …

The problems What is the condition of this predicted rough road? At the outset it should be
clear to many of us in leisure studies that we are already bouncing and skidding along on …

The modernization of the world economy and information systems leads, presumably, to
globalization in all areas, including leisure research. To explore this idea, the level of cross …

This paper distinguishes the study of leisure from leisure studies, then proceeds to show that
since the 1960s leisure studies has become more uniformly Anglophone and, in this sense …

In the West, the awareness of the important role of leisure in people's lives has grown
significantly since World War II. Leisure studies has been an academic field in the United …

This is the second of two issues honoring 50years of publication for the Journal of Leisure
Research. The first special issue, published earlier this year, focused on trends and issues …

In order to facilitate integration of the diverse research in leisure, the current study provides
information about present and future research trends in North America. In addition to …