Work and Leisure in an Academic Environment: Relationships between Selected Meanings |
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| Authors: | Sharon L Hunt |
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| Institution: | Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation , University of Kentucky , Lexington , KY , 40506 , USA |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to examine selected meanings of work and leisure as they were perceived by workers comprising three different occupational classifications at the University of Georgia. Subjects were chosen by the process of systematic random sampling of occupational classifications. The sample included 48 teaching faculty, 46 office workers, and 39 physical plant employees. A pilot investigation was conducted to develop a valid and reliable semantic differential instrument. The final instrument, the Work-Leisure Attitude Inventory, asked the subjects to use 11 evaluative bipolar adjective scales to rate 13 concepts identified in the pilot investigation as important aspects of both the work and leisure domains. Significant positive correlations were found in each of the three occupational classifications (nine among teaching faculty, four among office workers, and five among physical plant employees), indicating that workers satisfied with a concept in their work were also satisfied with that concept in their leisure. All three occupational classifications perceived their opportunities to experience a majority of the concepts as being more favorable during leisure rather than during work. |
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