Applying the Theory of Recreation Specialization to Better Understand Recreationists’ Preferences for Value-Added Service Development

Kim, Hyoung-Gon; Oh, Chi-Ok

doi:10.1080/01490400.2013.797710

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“…Preferences for difficult and challenging sites were related to level of specialization (Galloway 2012; Lee et al 2007), as well as expectations, which were found to be more vague for less specialized boaters (Bricker and Kerstetter 2000; Kuentzel and McDonald 1992). The level of specialization continues to play an important role in understanding recreation behavior (Bricker and Kerstetter 2000) and to capture heterogeneity within one recreation activity (Kim and Oh 2013). …”

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An Examination of Whitewater Boaters’ Place Attachment and Specialization in Four Different River Settings

Kainzinger

Arnberger

Burns

2018

Environmental Management

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Research on place attachment suggests that place identity and place dependence differ between recreationists with varying levels of specialization, recreating in different settings and with different resource proximities to their home. To further explore this relationship, we compared place attachment and recreation specialization of whitewater boaters in four different river settings. Data were collected on three rivers in the US and one in Austria. Place attachment was measured using four place identity and four place dependence items. Recreation specialization was treated as a multivariate construct consisting of the three dimensions; behavior, skill, and enduring involvement. The results of a cluster analysis revealed three specialization clusters. Two ANOVAs were performed by using place dependence and place identity as dependent variables and specialization clusters and the sampling rivers as independent variables. Place identity was not expressed differently between rivers but differed in specialization clusters. Place dependence was different between rivers but not between specialization clusters. Findings suggest that place attachment dimensions vary in river setting and specialization levels. Management should take into account that boaters exhibit different place attachment based on the specialization level and resource proximity to their home.

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Section: Recreation Specialization Of Whitewater Boatersmentioning

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An Examination of Whitewater Boaters’ Place Attachment and Specialization in Four Different River Settings

Kainzinger

Arnberger

Burns

2018

Environmental Management

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“…However, it is important to not downplay the PEBs reported among recreational fishers, even if these were lower than those of citizen science fish counters. Recreational fishers still demonstrated a boost in PEBs compared to participants who did neither activity, suggesting that recreational fishers could act as an important ally in promoting environmentally friendly behaviors and in enacting conservation measures, even if their motivations may vary from those of citizen scientists [92][93][94]; but see [95]. This is particularly true when we also consider how behaviors differed among specialization levels.…”

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Catching versus Counting: Comparing the Pro-Environmental Attitudes, Behaviors, and Climate Concerns of Recreational Fishers and Citizen Scientists

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The ongoing and interactive effects of climate change, overharvesting, and habitat loss on fish and fisheries impacts a wide array of stakeholders who rely on access to sustainable fish populations for their health, recreation, well-being, and income. Successful responses to these threats will require the involvement of stakeholders in co-developing solutions. Understanding the socio-psychological characteristics of these diverse stakeholders, including their environmental attitudes and behaviors, can potentially improve management support and effectiveness across and within these groups. Past research has focused on climate impacts and adaptation efforts in commercial fisheries, but less is known about climate-related perceptions and attitudes of recreational fishers and other stakeholders such as citizen scientists. This study investigated how pro-environmental attitudes (PEAs), pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs), and climate change concerns vary among fisheries-based recreationists based on activity type (recreational fishing, fish monitoring for citizen science) and specialization level. Among stakeholders, citizen scientists (fish counters) exhibited the strongest PEBs, followed by more specialized recreational fishers. Citizen scientists also had stronger PEAs than recreational fishers and non-fisher/non-citizen scientists, but there were no significant differences in PEAs across specialization levels. Citizen scientists showed greater concern for climate change than recreational fishers and non-fisher/non-citizen scientists. However, respondents overall showed greater concern for “the environment” than for climate change. Our results suggest that both activity type and specialization level are important considerations when developing strategies to promote pro-environmental behaviors and climate concerns and that communication frames centered on healthy ecosystems may be more effective with some stakeholders than those focused solely on climate change. We discuss implications for building public support of climate engagement efforts and sustainable, climate-resilient fisheries.

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“…In fact, habitat improvement initiatives (attribute Q) had the highest average importance score of all of the noncatch attributes for all three of the angler specialization clusters. The survey respondents also placed high importance on adding new fishable This high emphasis on the noncatch aspects of trout fishing may be explained by what Kim and Oh (2013) and Sutton and Oh (2015) call "focus expansion." Specifically, as anglers become more specialized, there is an increase in the importance of noncatch-related preferences but not necessarily a shift away from the catch-related preferences (Kim and Oh 2013;Sutton and Oh 2015).…”

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“…The survey respondents also placed high importance on adding new fishable This high emphasis on the noncatch aspects of trout fishing may be explained by what Kim and Oh (2013) and Sutton and Oh (2015) call "focus expansion." Specifically, as anglers become more specialized, there is an increase in the importance of noncatch-related preferences but not necessarily a shift away from the catch-related preferences (Kim and Oh 2013;Sutton and Oh 2015). Alternatively, increasing angler specialization has also been suggested as a "focus shift," with a general shift from catch-related aspects to noncatch-related aspects in motivations to fish (Bryan 1977;Chipman and Helfrich 1988;Ditton et al 1992).…”

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An Importance–Satisfaction Analysis of Trout License Holders in Georgia

TenHarmsel

Boley

Irwin

et al. 2019

N American J Fish Manag

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As anglers become increasingly diverse, fisheries managers are challenged to find ways to satisfy users with divergent preferences while conserving a limited resource on a limited budget. With this management challenge in mind, this study combines previous angler specialization research with an importance-satisfaction analysis (ISA) to aid fisheries managers in better understanding users with divergent preferences. An ISA involves asking stakeholders to simultaneously evaluate the importance of salient attributes of their fishing experience and their satisfaction with those attributes, which allows for graphical depiction of each attribute in one of four quadrants with managerial implications: Concentrate Here, Keep up the Good Work, Possible Overkill, and Low Priority. The data were collected via a mail-administered survey that was sent to 4,000 licensed trout anglers who were residents of Georgia. The anglers were asked to evaluate 10 catch and 7 noncatch attributes as well as answer questions that were used to measure levels of angler specialization. A K-means cluster analysis was used to segment the 469 respondents into three groups based on their specialization level. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine whether anglers' preferences differed by level of specialization. The results revealed that specialization groups differed in the level of importance that they placed on 6 catch and 4 noncatch attributes and in their levels of satisfaction with 5 catch and 2 noncatch attributes. There were also differences among the groups in quadrant placement for both catch and noncatch attributes. The respondents agreed that habitat improvement initiatives, adding new fishable water, and clear signage of regulations were of relatively high importance, with habitat improvement initiatives as the only attribute to fall in the Concentrate Here quadrant for all three clusters. The average responses for importance and satisfaction were highest for the most specialized group and lowest for the least specialized group. Combining segmenting techniques, like cluster analysis with ISA, offers fisheries managers the opportunity to gauge different user groups' perceptions of salient fishery attributes.

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Applying the Theory of Recreation Specialization to Better Understand Recreationists’ Preferences for Value-Added Service Development

Cited by 12 publications

References 38 publications

An Examination of Whitewater Boaters’ Place Attachment and Specialization in Four Different River Settings

An Examination of Whitewater Boaters’ Place Attachment and Specialization in Four Different River Settings

Catching versus Counting: Comparing the Pro-Environmental Attitudes, Behaviors, and Climate Concerns of Recreational Fishers and Citizen Scientists

An Importance–Satisfaction Analysis of Trout License Holders in Georgia

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