Leisure Involvement Revisited: Conceptual Conundrums and Measurement Advances

Havitz, Mark E.; Dimanche, Frédéric

doi:10.1080/00222216.1997.11949796

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“…In the analysis of the relationship between the constructs, involvement refers to individuals' beliefs about a brand or participation (Havitz & Dimanche, 1997;Iwasaki & Havitz, 2004); psychological commitment and attitudinal loyalty reflect their attitude toward the brand of the service, as well as future intentions (Iwasaki & Havitz, 2004); finally, behavioral loyalty refers to their behavior (Pritchard, Havitz & Howard, 1999;. This is consistent with the belief-attitude-behavior hierarchy (Ajzen, 1991;2000).…”

Section: The Relationship Among Involvement Psychological Commitmentmentioning

confidence: 59%

“…It is widely accepted that involvement is best conceptualized as a multidimensional construct (Havitz & Dimanche, 1997;Iwasaki & Havitz, 1998;Kyle et al, 2003;Laurent & Kapferer, 1985;McIntyre, 1989). The vast majority of researchers have approached involvement from a multidimensional perspective and the three-dimension (attraction, centrality and self-expression) model was used mostly in leisure research (Dimanche, Havitz & Howard, 1991;Gahwiler & Havitz, 1998;Kyle et al, 2003, Kyle et al, 2004a, Kyle et al, 2004bKyle et al, 2004;Kyle & Mowen, 2005;McIntyre & Pigram, 1992;Nassis & Theodorakis, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many researchers attempted to explain the relationship among consumer involvement, psychological commitment, and loyalty in leisure settings (Havitz & Dimanche, 1997;Iwasaki & Havitz, 1998Kyle, Absher, Norman, Hammitt & Jodice, 2007, Kyle et al, 2003. Nevertheless, research on the relationship between involvement and loyalty with regard to sport fans is very limited (Bee & Havitz, 2010;Funk & James 2001).…”

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The Relationship Among Fans’ Involvement, Psychological Commitment, and Loyalty in Professional Team Sports

Tachis¹,

Tzetzis²

2015

IJSMaRT

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Research on consumer behavior in leisure settings has proposed the relationship among involvement, psychological commitment and loyalty. Nonetheless, very little attention has been given to the conceptualization of the relationship among these constructs in a sport spectator context. The present study examined the relationship among involvement, psychological commitment, and two dimensions of loyalty, namely the attitudinal and behavioral loyalty of sport fans. The participants of this study were 800 soccer fans. The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the multidimensional factor structure of the involvement scale which was developed for leisure participants by Kyle, Graefe, Manning and Bacon (2003). A structural equation modeling examined the proposed relationship model among involvement, commitment and loyalty. It was found that fans' involvement affects psychological commitment. Psychological commitment, in turn, influences attitudinal loyalty, and eventually attitudinal loyalty has direct effects on behavioral loyalty. The findings of the study indicate the mechanism through which sport fans become loyal to their team. It is suggested that sport managers should develop involvement, psychological commitment and attitudinal loyalty through marketing strategies in order to maximize sport fans' behavioral loyalty.

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Section: Involvementmentioning

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The Relationship Among Fans’ Involvement, Psychological Commitment, and Loyalty in Professional Team Sports

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2015

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“…Activity involvement theory, defined as "an unobservable state of motivation, arousal or interest toward a recreation activity or associated product" (Havitz and Dimanche, 1997), describes a process in which individuals participate in activities, become emotionally involved, and develop loyalties through established commitments (Gahwiler and Havitz, 1998, Josiam et al, 1999, Pritchard et al, 1999, Brey and Lehto, 2007.…”

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A conceptual and methodological framework of leisure activity loyalty accommodating the travel context

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Bhat

2011

Transportation

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As leisure travel continues to grow, it has become a critical subject for planners and decisionmakers since it significantly impacts regional economic and social development as well as contributes to emission levels and congestion. Despite being a significant percentage of our travel, however, leisure travel behavior is still not very well understood. The goal of this paper is to contribute to our understanding of leisure activity participation by considering leisure activity loyalty within the travel context. In particular, this study focuses on one specific dimension of travel context: travel extent (i.e. whether an individual participates in a leisure activity on a daily versus a long-distance basis). As such, this paper first introduces a unified conceptual framework for measuring leisure activity loyalties within a travel context, based on two distinct dynamics of leisure loyalty behavior -destination attachment and activity involvement.Additionally, this paper uses a unique 2001 NHTS dataset comprised of households' daily and long-distance leisure activities to undertake a unique empirical analysis of five distinct leisure activities using the conceptual framework and a copula-based model methodology. The findings confirmed that households demonstrate significant loyalties to travel contexts across all leisure activities, especially resting and sightseeing.

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“…Rather than a rational and deliberate process, Rüling and Duymedjian (2014) note that bricolage proceeds through "processes of permutation and substitution, trial and experimentation" (p. 99). From anthropological theories of globalization (Appadurai, 1990), actor-network theory (Callon, 1999), the theory of collective action (Olson, 1971), ability theory of practice (Giddens, 1984), worldmaking ( Goodman, 1978), serious leisure (Stebbins, 1982), leisure involvement (Havitz & Dimanche, 1997), the travel career trajectory (Pearce, 1988), de Certeau's (1988) theory of everyday practices, the theory of cosmopolitanization (Beck, 2000), social world theory (Unruh, 1980), and Garfinkel and Wieder's (1992) theory of practice to assemblage theory (Deleuze, 1992), I sought to apply various conceptual theories that could contribute to a understanding of the ontological character of backpacking.…”

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Methodological Bricolage: A Journey on the Road Less Traveled in Tourism Studies

O’Regan¹

2015

Tourism Analysis

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This article, by exploring an approach to research, argues a case for bricolage as an acceptable approach in tourism research. Tourism researchers thinking about utilizing methodological bricolage as a research approach have little scholarly literature to draw from; therefore, it remains relatively underused and misunderstood as a means of qualitative inquiry. This article presents an account of getting to grips with a multiparadigmatic methodological bricolage as a way of understanding the world of backpacking and its inhabitants, who actively constitute, distinguish, and label themselves as backpackers. It is an approach that delivered a coherent conceptual scaffold, producing a rich, but always partial, understanding of a social world, those who inhabit it, and how they sustain it. It doing so, the research design adds to methodological innovation and diversification in tourism research.

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Leisure Involvement Revisited: Conceptual Conundrums and Measurement Advances

Cited by 335 publications

References 50 publications

The Relationship Among Fans’ Involvement, Psychological Commitment, and Loyalty in Professional Team Sports

The Relationship Among Fans’ Involvement, Psychological Commitment, and Loyalty in Professional Team Sports

A conceptual and methodological framework of leisure activity loyalty accommodating the travel context

Methodological Bricolage: A Journey on the Road Less Traveled in Tourism Studies

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