Project-Based Leisure
Argan, M., Kose, H., Sevil, G., Kaya, S., & Mehpare T. (2015). A case study approach to understanding event dimensions of local kite festival as leisure. International Journal of Health and Economic Development, 1(1): 37-45.
Arntfield, M., & Williams, D. J. (2018). An unlikely retirement: The 2017 Las Vegas massacre as an exercise in project-based deviant leisure. Homicide Studies, DOI: 10.1177/1088767918786765
Bailey, A.W., & Fernando, I.K. (2012). Routine and project-based leisure, happiness, and meaning in life. Journal of Leisure Research, 44, 139-154.
Bendle, L.J., & Pooley, A.W. (2016). Higher skilled working tourists and their leisure lifestyles: A qualitative study of guest language instructors in South Korea. Leisure Studies, 35, 406-420. DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2014.967712
Chen, H., Xi, L., & Zhao, J. (2018). Work values, satisfaction and self-efficacy of college student voluntourists in southern China. International Journal of Marketing Studies, 10(4), 86-93. DOI: 10.5539/ijms.v10n4p86.
Frew, E. A. (2006). Comedy festival attendance: Serious, project-based or casual leisure? In S. Elkington, I. Jones, & L. Lawrence (Eds.). Serious leisure: Extensions and applications (pp. 105-122). Eastbourne, UK: LSA Publications, University of Brighton.
Graham, M. (2007). Volunteering for tourism: Discordance and commonality within a serious leisure context. Voluntary Action, 8(3), 3-18.
Gravelle, F., & Larocque, L. (2005). Volunteerism and serious leisure: The case of the francophone games. World Leisure Journal, 47(1), 45-51.
Hershkovitz, A., & Hardof-Jaffe, S. (2017). Genealogy as a lifelong endeavor. Leisure/Loisir, 41(4), 535-560.
Higginbotham, G. (2014). Locating intergenerational sense of self: Intersections of genealogy with leisure and tourism. Master's dissertation, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, Canada. Available online at: Available online at:
http://cs.swan.ac.uk/~csmax/pubs/search4fun-reading.pdf.
Holmes, K. (2014). ‘It fitted in with our lifestyle’: An investigation into episodic volunteering in the tourism sector. Annals of Leisure Research, 17(4), 443-459.
Kleiber, D. A., & Nimrod, G. (2009). 'I can't be very sad': Constraint and adaptation in the leisure of a 'learning in retirement' group. Leisure Studies, 28, 67-83
Lawrence, L. (2014). To boldly go . . . tales from a leisurist. In S. Elkington & S.J. Gammon (Eds.), Contemporary perspectives in leisure: Meanings, motives and lifelong learning (pp. 224-239). London: Routledge.
Palso, N. T. (2008). Serious road-tripping: A study of serious and project-based leisure in self-drive recreationists in Alaska. Doctoral thesis, Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University (USA).
Payette, B., & Chrétien, L. (2023). How meeting with the horse may contribute to a balanced life: Co-constructing a project-based leisure. Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure, 46(2), 312–327. https://doi.org/10.1080/07053436.2023.2216586.
Stalp, M., Leap, B., & Kelly, K. (2023). ‘This was like some Little House on the Prairie shit’: The intensive care(work) of making PPE during COVID-19. Journal of Leisure Research, 54(2), 250-268, DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2022.2142082.
Stebbins, R. A. (2005). Project-based leisure: Theoretical neglect of a common use of free time. Leisure Studies, 24, 1-11.
Twynam, G. D., Farrell, J. M., & Johnston, M. E. (2002/2003). Leisure and volunteer motivation at a special sporting event. Leisure/Loisir, 27, 363-377.
Undlien, R. (2019). Lasting social value or a one-off? People with intellectual disabilities' experiences with volunteering for the Youth Olympic Games. Journal of Sport for Development, 7(13), 33-45.
Undlien, R. (2020). “We just knew that we had to be a part of it” ‒ The Youth Olympic Games as a catalyst for social innovation. Ph.D dissertation, Innovation in Services – Public and Private, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.
Warner, A., Callaghan, E., & de Vreede, C. (2014). Promoting sustainable food and food citizenship through an adult education leisure experience. Leisure/Loisir, 37, 337-360.
080/02614367.2014.993334.
Wensing, E. (2020). Crafty commemoration: Vernacular responses to the Centenary of World War One. PhD thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Wichmann, A. (2017). Participating in the World Gymnaestrada: An expression and experience of community. Leisure Studies, 36, 21-38. DOI: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/10.1080/02614367.2015.1052836.
Wilks, L. (2014). The lived experience of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games volunteers: A serious leisure perspective. Leisure Studies, DOI: 10.1
Arntfield, M., & Williams, D. J. (2018). An unlikely retirement: The 2017 Las Vegas massacre as an exercise in project-based deviant leisure. Homicide Studies, DOI: 10.1177/1088767918786765
Bailey, A.W., & Fernando, I.K. (2012). Routine and project-based leisure, happiness, and meaning in life. Journal of Leisure Research, 44, 139-154.
Bendle, L.J., & Pooley, A.W. (2016). Higher skilled working tourists and their leisure lifestyles: A qualitative study of guest language instructors in South Korea. Leisure Studies, 35, 406-420. DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2014.967712
Chen, H., Xi, L., & Zhao, J. (2018). Work values, satisfaction and self-efficacy of college student voluntourists in southern China. International Journal of Marketing Studies, 10(4), 86-93. DOI: 10.5539/ijms.v10n4p86.
Frew, E. A. (2006). Comedy festival attendance: Serious, project-based or casual leisure? In S. Elkington, I. Jones, & L. Lawrence (Eds.). Serious leisure: Extensions and applications (pp. 105-122). Eastbourne, UK: LSA Publications, University of Brighton.
Graham, M. (2007). Volunteering for tourism: Discordance and commonality within a serious leisure context. Voluntary Action, 8(3), 3-18.
Gravelle, F., & Larocque, L. (2005). Volunteerism and serious leisure: The case of the francophone games. World Leisure Journal, 47(1), 45-51.
Hershkovitz, A., & Hardof-Jaffe, S. (2017). Genealogy as a lifelong endeavor. Leisure/Loisir, 41(4), 535-560.
Higginbotham, G. (2014). Locating intergenerational sense of self: Intersections of genealogy with leisure and tourism. Master's dissertation, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, Canada. Available online at: Available online at:
http://cs.swan.ac.uk/~csmax/pubs/search4fun-reading.pdf.
Holmes, K. (2014). ‘It fitted in with our lifestyle’: An investigation into episodic volunteering in the tourism sector. Annals of Leisure Research, 17(4), 443-459.
Kleiber, D. A., & Nimrod, G. (2009). 'I can't be very sad': Constraint and adaptation in the leisure of a 'learning in retirement' group. Leisure Studies, 28, 67-83
Lawrence, L. (2014). To boldly go . . . tales from a leisurist. In S. Elkington & S.J. Gammon (Eds.), Contemporary perspectives in leisure: Meanings, motives and lifelong learning (pp. 224-239). London: Routledge.
Palso, N. T. (2008). Serious road-tripping: A study of serious and project-based leisure in self-drive recreationists in Alaska. Doctoral thesis, Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University (USA).
Payette, B., & Chrétien, L. (2023). How meeting with the horse may contribute to a balanced life: Co-constructing a project-based leisure. Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure, 46(2), 312–327. https://doi.org/10.1080/07053436.2023.2216586.
Stalp, M., Leap, B., & Kelly, K. (2023). ‘This was like some Little House on the Prairie shit’: The intensive care(work) of making PPE during COVID-19. Journal of Leisure Research, 54(2), 250-268, DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2022.2142082.
Stebbins, R. A. (2005). Project-based leisure: Theoretical neglect of a common use of free time. Leisure Studies, 24, 1-11.
Twynam, G. D., Farrell, J. M., & Johnston, M. E. (2002/2003). Leisure and volunteer motivation at a special sporting event. Leisure/Loisir, 27, 363-377.
Undlien, R. (2019). Lasting social value or a one-off? People with intellectual disabilities' experiences with volunteering for the Youth Olympic Games. Journal of Sport for Development, 7(13), 33-45.
Undlien, R. (2020). “We just knew that we had to be a part of it” ‒ The Youth Olympic Games as a catalyst for social innovation. Ph.D dissertation, Innovation in Services – Public and Private, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.
Warner, A., Callaghan, E., & de Vreede, C. (2014). Promoting sustainable food and food citizenship through an adult education leisure experience. Leisure/Loisir, 37, 337-360.
080/02614367.2014.993334.
Wensing, E. (2020). Crafty commemoration: Vernacular responses to the Centenary of World War One. PhD thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Wichmann, A. (2017). Participating in the World Gymnaestrada: An expression and experience of community. Leisure Studies, 36, 21-38. DOI: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/10.1080/02614367.2015.1052836.
Wilks, L. (2014). The lived experience of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games volunteers: A serious leisure perspective. Leisure Studies, DOI: 10.1