Leisure is a key life domain and a core ingredient for overall well-being. Yet, within positive
psychology, its definition and the psychological pathways by which it evokes happiness are …

The purpose of this article is to add to the conceptual discussion on eSport, analyze the role
of eSport within sport management, and suggest avenues for future eSport research. The …

An examination of how nonprofessional archivists, especially media fans, practice cultural
preservation on the Internet and how “digital cultural memory” differs radically from print-era …

Professionalized pursuits have been theorized to offer durable benefits to consumers, such
as a sense of self-actualization and identity development. In a situated investigation of an …

Numerous studies show a link between leisure engagement and subjective well-being
(SWB). Drawing on common experiential features of leisure, psychological need theories …

This article reviews 'event tourism'as both professional practice and a field of academic
study. The origins and evolution of research on event tourism are pinpointed through both …

Guided by the precept that to understand any phenomenon well, it is necessary to start by
looking at it in broad, nonspecialized terms, Robert A Stebbins takes the reader through the …

Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned
events. It focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events …

The nature and scope of festival studies is examined by compiling and analyzing a large-
scale literature review of 423 research articles published in the English-language scholarly …

In industrialized societies, professionals have long been valued and set apart from other
workers because of their specialized knowledge and skill. But has their role in these …