ANAT200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Job Satisfaction
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Theories: goal: summarize existing knowledge, provide explanation for observed events, predict future events. Neulinger"s paradigm: emphasized states of mind of leisure and non-leisure (leisure state of mind or work state of mind) Perceived freedom is the primary determining quality of the leisure states of mind. Serious leisure: serious leisure is the systematic pursuit of an activity, centered on acquiring and expressing its special skills, knowledge, and experiences. Desire to engage in activity is beyond the time and money available for it. !1: explain leisure choices as response to work - work directly in uences leisure. Thursday, september 3, 2015 choices: compensation: leisure compensates for work. Deprivations experienced at work are compensated for during leisure (people do the opposite of what their job requires) Activities satisfy needs they can"t get at work: spillover: work spills over into free time. Leisure activities have characteristics similar to their job-related tasks. Leisure is an extension of the skills used at work: issues to consider:
