Careers in Serious Leisure - From Dabbler to Devotee in Search of Fulfilment

Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Stebbins is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of Calgary, Canada. Among his many books are Serious Leisure: A Perspective for Our Time and The Idea of Leisure, and Planning Your Time in Retirement. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Klappentext Using the concept of fulfilment and the framework of the serious leisure perspective, this book examines the signposts marking the fulfilment career. This career begins with an interest in a serious pursuit, leading to an efflorescence many years later in amateurism, hobbyism, volunteering, or devotee work - and ultimately deeper fulfilment. Zusammenfassung Using the concept of fulfilment and the framework of the serious leisure perspective! this book examines the signposts marking the fulfilment career. This career begins with an interest in a serious pursuit! leading to an efflorescence many years later in amateurism! hobbyism! volunteering! or devotee work - and ultimately deeper fulfilment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Serious Leisure Perspective 2. Starting a Fulfilment Career 3. Amateurism as a Route to Fulfilment 4. Finding Fulfilment in a Hobby 5. Fulfilling Careers in Volunteering 6. Professional Devotee Work 7. Hobbyist and Volunteer Devotee Work 8. The Positive Quest for Fulfilment: Shadows

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Serious Leisure Perspective 2. Starting a Fulfilment Career 3. Amateurism as a Route to Fulfilment 4. Finding Fulfilment in a Hobby 5. Fulfilling Careers in Volunteering 6. Professional Devotee Work 7. Hobbyist and Volunteer Devotee Work 8. The Positive Quest for Fulfilment: Shadows

Produktdetails

• Autoren: R Stebbins, R. Stebbins, Robert A. Stebbins
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349485925
• ISBN: 978-1-349-48592-5
• Seiten: 202
• Serien: Leisure Studies in a Global Era; Leisure Studies in a Global Er; Leisure Studies in a Global Era; Leisure Studies in a Global Er
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Lebensführung, Persönliche Entwicklung; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; B, Cultural Anthropology, Family, Ethnology, Social groups, Social & cultural anthropology, Social Work, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Social Anthropology, Sociology: work & labour, Sport Sociology, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sports—Sociological aspects, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Sociocultural Anthropology, Sociology of Work, Industrial sociology, career;concept;framework;interest;work