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Anderson, L. (2011). Time is of the essence: An analytic autoethnography of family, work, and serious leisure. Symbolic Interaction, 34, 133-157.

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Delle Fave, A., & Massimini, F. (2003). Optimal experience in work and leisure among teachers and physicians: Individual and bio-cultural implications. Leisure Studies 22, 323-342.

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Henderson, S., & Spracklen, K. (2014). From serious leisure to serious work, or, when folk music struck a chord: Habermasian rationality and agency. Leisure/Loisir, 38, 207-224.

Hirst, S. P., & LeNavenec, C-L. (2022). The intertwining of occupational devotion, serious leisure, and lifelong learning: Creating a peer-reviewed student journal. International Journal of Sociology of Leisure, 5(1), 79–92. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41978-021-00096-1.

Hummel, M. J. (2007). Three American Artists at Midlife: Negotiating the Space between Amateur and Professional Status. Doctoral dissertation, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland (USA).

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​Komyathy, B. (2023). Frederick W. Taylor and the congruence of active leisure & work. World Leisure Journal, 65(1), 28-44, DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2022.2125573 .

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Kuusi, T., & Haukola, P. (2017). Double life. Music as work and serious leisure. Journal of Arts and Humanities, 6(3), 18-32.

Kwapisz, A. (2021). Team aspects of leisure-based entrepreneurship. Leisure Studies, 40(4), 529-544, DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2020.1858328.

Lewis, P., & Kimiecik, J. (2018). Embracing the mystery box: How outdoor leaders discover and sustain their way of life. Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 10(3), 304–322. 

Lim, R. (2020). Monetizing serious leisure: A grounded study of fashion blogshops. Journal of Leisure Research, 51(1), 88-106, DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2019.1633234.  
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Liu, H., Huang, Y., Gao, M., & Stebbins, R. (2022). From serious leisure to devotee work: An exploratory study of yoga. Leisure Studies, 41(3), 405-419, DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2021.1980087.

Lobo, F. (1999). The leisure and work occupations of young people: A review, Journal of Occupational Science, 6(1), 27-33.

Lobo, F., & Watkins, G. (1995). Mature-aged unemployment and leisure. World Leisure & Recreation, 36 (4), 22-28.

Løseth, K. (2017).  Knowledge development in adventure tourism businesses – the influence of serious leisure. Annals of Leisure Research, published online at:  https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2017.1406808

Lozano, L. (2021). Les amateurs dans le spectacle vivant : Défi juridique et enjeux sociaux. Doctoral thesis, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Département de Breton & Celtique, France.

Martin, M.W. (2010). Balancing work and leisure. In M.R. Haney & A.D. Kline (Eds.), The value of time and leisure in a world of work (pp. 7-24). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Martinus, K. (2021). Informal groups, disruptive innovations, and industry change in low‐tech peripheries. Geographical Research,  https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12515.

McKay, T., Coumbias, M., & Kotze, N. (2021). Leisure cycling entrepreneurialism in Johannesburg, South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality Tourism and Leisure, 10(5),1533-1548, DOI: 10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.177.

McQuarrie, F. A. E. (1999). An investigation of the effects of workplace support for serious leisure. Proceedings of the 9th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research. Wolfville, NS: Acadia University.

McQuarrie, F. A. E. (2000). Work careers and serious leisure: The effects of nonwork commitment on career commitment. Leisure/Loisir, 24, 115-138.

McQuarrie, F. A. E. (2008). Canadian employers' support for employees' leisure commitments: An exploratory study. Leisure/Loisir, 32, 629-648.

McQuarrie, F. A. E., & Jackson, E. L. (2002). Transitions in leisure careers and their parallels in work careers: The effect of constraints on choice and action. Journal of Career Development, 29, 37-53.

Mcuarrie, F. A. E. (2008). Canadian employers' support for employees' leisure commitments: An exploratory study. Leisure/Loisir, 32, 629-648.

Mellor, B. E. (2006). Radical shift: A grounded theory approach to midlife career change of professionals. Masters Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.

Meyer, M. (2010). Caring for weak ties -- The natural history museum as a place of encounter between amateur and professional science. Sociological Research Online, 15 (2), 9.

Moncunill-Piñas, M. (2020). The practice of everyday museum making: Naturalization and empowerment in the amateur consumption of museographic language. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 23(3), 415–433.

Morgan, A., Langford, S., & Vassallo, T. (2022). Fulfilling careers in the sail training sector: Charting a course for professionals and volunteers – it’s not about the boat! International Journal of Sociology of Leisure, 5(1), 33–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41978-021-00085-4.

Mulvaney, M. A. (2019).  A study of public park and recreation professionals’ career bridge employment intentions. Public Organization Review. https://doi-10.1007/s11115-019-00454-4.

Naulin, S., & Jourdain, A. (2021). Making money out of leisure: The marketization of handicrafts and food blogging. In S. Naulin & A. Jourdain (Eds.), The social meaning of extra money, dynamics of virtual work (pp. 61-95). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18297-7_3.

Nimmi, P. M., & Donald, W. E. (2022). Modelling the interaction between serious leisure, self-perceived employability, stress, and workplace well-­being: Insights from graduates in India. Personnel Review, 52(1), 272-287.

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Pagliarin, S. (2016). Working leisure: Entertaining guests in gated tourist resorts. Leisure Studies (online edition, 28 November).

Patterson, I. (1997). Serious leisure as an alternative to a work career for people with disabilities. Australian Disability Review, 2, 20-27.

Perry, R., & Carnegie, E. (2013). Reading pro-am theatre through a serious leisure lens: Organisational and policy-making implications. Leisure Studies, 32, 383-398.

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Stebbins, R. A. (2000). The extraprofessional life: Leisure, retirement, and unemployment. Current Sociology, 48, 1-27.

Stebbins, R. A. (2004). Between work and leisure: The common ground of two separate worlds. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

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