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dc.contributor.authorAlexandris, Kostas
dc.contributor.authorKouthouris, Charilaos
dc.contributor.authorFunk, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorTziouma, Olga
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:32:41Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:32:41Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-08-28T22:15:32Z
dc.identifier.issn02614367
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02614367.2012.660189
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/47334
dc.description.abstractThis paper is aimed to segment recreational swimmers according to their involvement level, profile the involvement groups according to demographic variables, and further test the role of negotiation strategies in the development of swimming involvement. Two hundred and sixty (N = 260) recreational swimmers participated in the study and completed Kyle et al.'s three-facet involvement scale and Alexandris et al.'s five-dimension leisure negotiation scale. The results of cluster analysis revealed three distinct involvement groups: high, medium and low involved recreational swimmers. The high involved group consisted mainly of females, middle-aged and married individuals; the medium involved group did not have a clear demographic profile, while the low involved group consisted mainly of males and young individuals. The three involvement groups had statistical significant scores in all the five negotiation strategy dimensions, with the high involved individuals having the highest scores and the low involved individuals having the lowest ones. These results provide empirical support for the negotiation proposition, which was developed by Jackson, Crawford, and Godbey. They further contribute to the existing leisure literature by showing how demographic segmentation can be used in combination with psychographic variables in order to profile groups of participants.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom299
dc.relation.ispartofpageto317
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLeisure Studies
dc.relation.ispartofvolume32
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSport and Leisure Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommercial Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode150404
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1504
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1608
dc.titleThe use of negotiation strategies among recreational participants with different involvement levels: the case of recreational swimmers
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorFunk, Daniel C.


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