THE STUDY ON SERIOUS LEISURE BEHAVIORS OF LECTURERS IN UNIVERSITY
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Serious Leisure is an activity or an event that people are willing to participate in almost everyday and becomes a part of their daily life. The leisure activities help a number of citizens to improve their knowledge, skills and gain a lot of experiences which can be increased opportunities and quality of life. The objectives of this research were to 1) study the serious leisure behaviors of people who participate in one of leisure activities, and 2) study the factors affecting spending serious leisure time. The methodology of this study was qualitative research, and the sample were the lecturers who worked at the university and spent their free time regularly. 30 samples were selected Ramkhamhaeng University lecturers by purposive sampling, and Maximum Variation Sampling method. The data were collected by critical incident that had Index of Consistency (IOC) = 1.0 with a description about their serious leisure behaviors and factors for making decision on spending serious leisure time. The results showed that most of samples participated in serious leisure outside their residences and the causal factors for making decision on spending serious leisure time were classified into two groups which were 1) awareness and 2) perception. The serious leisure was a part of growth and happiness of an individual that leads to the leisure behaviors which increase their challenge continually, in order to enhance their experiences and meet sustainable needs until it becomes a part of their behavior in daily life.
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