The Influence of Ethnicity and Self-Construal on Leisure Constraints |
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| Authors: | Simon Hudson Gordon J. Walker Bonnie Simpson Tom Hinch |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management , University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , USA;2. Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation , University of Alberta , Edmonton , AB , Canada;3. Haskayne School of Business , University of Calgary , Calgary , AB , Canada |
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| Abstract: | This study examines the effects of ethnicity, participation, and self-construal on constraints to the popular leisure activity of downhill skiing, an activity that is struggling to attract ethnic minority group members in North America. A new leisure constraints model guided our study, a framework that recognizes the importance of macro- (i.e., ethnicity) and micro-level (i.e., participation, self-construal) variables on the traditional concepts of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural constraints. After sampling both Chinese- and Anglo-Canadian skiers and nonskiers, results indicate that ethnicity does influence leisure constraints, both alone and in interaction with self-construal. |
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| Keywords: | constraints ethnicity leisure participation self-construal skiing |
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