Ian Patterson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3088047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Patterson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Patterson |
| SIGNATURE | PATTERSON I |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9277-8164 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 131 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Beyond Tourism: The Importance of Baby Boomer Generation Volunteers
Continuing and Emerging Trends of Senior Tourism: A Review of the Literature
Xabier Irujo. Gernika, 1937: The Market Day Massacre
Perhaps the most significant change in the history of warfare came with the invention of the airplane and the advent of bombing. With the new dimension of the air, frontiers and defenses ceased to be obstacles, and the distinction between combatants and civilians began to blur. Indiscriminate German bombing during the First World War caused widespread destruction, injury, and deaths among the British civilian population. In the 1920s, such “frigh…
The Strategic Impact of Country of Origin on Senior Tourism Demand: The Need to Balance Global and Local Strategies
The social world and event travel career of the serious yoga devotee
Serious leisure and social world theory provide a framework to qualitatively examine a small number of yoga participants with regard to their social world connections and propensity to engage in event tourism. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 15 yoga practitioners in Brisbane, Australia. For most devotees, yoga was regarded as serious leisure with a social world in which highly involved ‘actors’ participated i…
The “Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner” No More: Marathons and Social Worlds
This paper investigates how a group of novice marathon runners become immersed in the social world of a distance running community. A qualitative research design involved a combination of interviews and observations from within the social world of the distance running community. This fieldwork was undertaken in the traditional three month training period leading up to a major international marathon on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. Two…
The serious leisure career hierarchy of Australian motorcycle road racers
The academic study of motorcycle racing represents a relatively new area of research. While numerous studies have been conducted on motorcycle gangs, no studies have investigated the serious leisure world of the motorcycle racer, a sport in which motorcyclists may reach speeds in excess of 200 km/hour, with accidents likely to result in serious injury or death. A small sample of eight motorcycle road racers who, at the time of this research, were…
Using a Health Belief Model to investigate the walking behaviour of residents living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This study aims to investigate the level of walking behaviour of three major ethnic groups living in Kuala Lumpur and to ascertain the main influencing factors on walking behaviour using a Health Belief Model as the theoretical base. An explanatory mixed method research design was used in this study. A total of 2150 questionnaires were mailed to a randomly selected sample from the Kuala Lumpur enumeration block, of which 478 were returned, consis…
Principal events in Fourier's life
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Attitudes and experiences of tourism operators in Northern Australia towards people with disabilities
The last decade has seen an increasing interest in disability, access and tourism. This has culminated in the emergence of a body of work on “accessible tourism.” Disability and access have been the subject of a great deal of government regulation and coordination through building codes, awareness training and state-based tourism marketing authorities and policy engagement. Yet, the supply-side perspective of industry responses to this consumer g…
An expanding sexual economy along National Route 3 in Luang Namtha Province, Lao PDR
With some of the lowest development indicators in Southeast Asia, remote upland areas of the Lao People's Democratic Republic are among the poorest in the region. The advent of improved transport and communication links, along with opportunities for wage employment, have accelerated the growth of a cash economy in traditionally isolated farming communities of Luang Namtha Province. Interviews and focus group discussions with young people, women i…
The centrality of service organizations and their leisure networks
This study examines a network of community groups and the civic, commercial, and educational organizations involved with amateur artists in a regional Australian city. Social network analysis using measures for density, centrality, centralization, and cliques revealed that the groups and the organizations formed several clusters around types of creative artists and that service organizations were the communication hubs in the network. Recommendat…
Identifying the Satisfactions Derived from Leisure Gardening by Older Adults
Gardening is a popular leisure activity among older adults in most Western countries. However, few systematic academic studies have focused on the benefits of gardening engaged in by this cohort. The purpose of this study was to identify the contribution of gardening to the leisure and life satisfaction of older adults. Self‐administered questionnaire surveys were completed by 433 older adults who were recruited at a ‘Gardening Australia Expo’ he…
Serious leisure and people with intellectual disabilities: Benefits and opportunities
Can people with intellectual disabilities use serious leisure activities in a similar context to people without disabilities as a substitute for their paid work? In the past, western societies have tended to devalue people with disabilities, and as a consequence they were less likely to have valued social roles through paid work. However, for many people with disabilities, serious leisure should be valued as it encourages active participation in …
Mixed Serious Leisure and Grassroots Organizational Capacity: A Study of Amateur Artist Groups in a Regional Australian City
This exploratory research used qualitative data from semi-structured interviews conducted with spokespeople from grassroots associations of artists who described their role, personal rewards and costs involved from fulfilling a leadership role within their group. By becoming leaders in their groups, they enjoyed community and individual benefits, accepted costs on their time and finances and persevered with demands based on their people skills. B…
Network Density, Centrality, and Communication in a Serious Leisure Social World
Little is known about the network structures formed by grassroots associations and allied organisations involved in serious leisure social worlds. Generally, research into serious leisure has focused upon the individual, mainly in amateur sports, some hobbies, and a few career volunteer activities. This paper reports a structural view of a social world network of 49 social actors comprised of the grassroots associations and allied organisations e…
The Benefits of Physically Active Leisure for People with Disabilities: An Australian perspective
Participation in leisure experiences is a prerequisite for human development with the potential to satisfy basic social psychological needs for people with disabilities. The opportunity to participate in physically active leisure experiences has now been recognised through legislation as a fundamental ‘right’ for all people with disabilities, and a vital component that contributes to their quality of life. The aim of this paper is to explore the …
An Analysis of the Influence That Leisure Experiences Have on a Person's Mood State, Health and Wellbeing
The relationship between leisure, health, and wellbeing has had a longstanding connection; however, the processes that explain this association have been under‐researched and are still relatively unclear. Experiencing pleasant mood states through leisure participation has been found to be one of the most important benefits of leisure, and this has been shown to contribute to a person's quality of life. This paper explores the relationship between…
The Motivations of Baby Boomers to Participate in Adventure Tourism and the Implications for Adventure Tour Providers
One of the emerging growth areas of tourism is so‐called ‘adventure’ tourism. Adventure tourism has recently attracted the interest of older people, including a new generation of baby boomers. This trend has been attributed to the fact that many baby boomers are generally healthier, more financially well off, better educated and have a greater desire for novelty, escape and authentic experiences than previous cohorts of older people. Many baby bo…
The Leisure Perceptions and Leisure Meanings of a Mid-Life Couple Around the Time of Retirement
The purpose of this study was to examine how positive perceptions about leisure help people to adjust to the transition between work and retirement. In particular, do perceptions about work, family, or leisure shift during the time when people are working to when they move into retirement? Secondly, do positive perceptions about leisure help people adjust better to retirement? In order to examine these variables over time, longitudinal data was c…
By the Decade: An Exploration of the Leisure Perceptions and Preferences of Mid-Life Married Couples
The purpose of the study described in this paper was to explore the leisure and life perceptions and preferences of mid-life married couples over time. Study participants represented two age-groups (44–54 and 59–69 years), but with similar socio-demographic characteristics and socio-historic experiences. Longitudinal data were analysed for evidence of change or stability in leisure attitudes and preferences over the course of a decade. Though the…
Baby Boomers and Adventure Tourism: The Importance of Marketing the Leisure Experience
Tourism is big business, especially for older people, and they are becoming increasingly targeted by the marketers and travel companies who see this niche market as a growing field. One of the areas of tourism that is regarded as a developing market and is predicted to grow by at least 10 to 15% every year in the next decade is adventure tourism. This paper looks at the demographic characteristics of “baby boomers” and their growing interest in a…
Developing a Meaningful Identity for People with Disabilities through Serious Leisure Activities
Like other marginal groups, people with disabilities are generally reliant on government support resulting in a lifetime of dependency because they may never work in open employment. One alternative to paid employment is participation in serious leisure experiences (Stebbins, 1992). Serious leisure pursuits are engaged in by a small segment of people in society who are defined as amateurs, hobbyists or career volunteers. Patterson (1997) challeng…
Charles Fourier: The Theory of the Four Movements
This remarkable book, written soon after the French Revolution, has traditionally been considered one of the founding documents in the history of socialism. It introduces the best-known and most extraordinary utopia written in the last two centuries. Charles Fourier was among the first to formulate a right to a minimum standard of life. His radical approach involved a systematic critique of work, marriage and patriarchy, together with a parallel …
Participation in leisure activities after the death of a spouse
The main purpose of this exploratory study was to establish whether frequent participation in leisure activities helped widows and widowers adapt to widowhood. The study also examined whether more frequent participation in leisure activities by widows and widowers helped them maintain higher morale. A small sample of 60 recently bereaved widows and widowers who were living independently in a state capital in Australia was selected for the study. …
The “Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner” No More: Marathons and Social Worlds
This paper investigates how a group of novice marathon runners become immersed in the social world of a distance running community. A qualitative research design involved a combination of interviews and observations from within the social world of the distance running community. This fieldwork was undertaken in the traditional three month training period leading up to a major international marathon on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. Two…
An Analysis of the Influence That Leisure Experiences Have on a Person's Mood State, Health and Wellbeing
The relationship between leisure, health, and wellbeing has had a longstanding connection; however, the processes that explain this association have been under‐researched and are still relatively unclear. Experiencing pleasant mood states through leisure participation has been found to be one of the most important benefits of leisure, and this has been shown to contribute to a person's quality of life. This paper explores the relationship between…
Serious leisure and people with intellectual disabilities: Benefits and opportunities
Can people with intellectual disabilities use serious leisure activities in a similar context to people without disabilities as a substitute for their paid work? In the past, western societies have tended to devalue people with disabilities, and as a consequence they were less likely to have valued social roles through paid work. However, for many people with disabilities, serious leisure should be valued as it encourages active participation in …
The Benefits of Physically Active Leisure for People with Disabilities: An Australian perspective
Participation in leisure experiences is a prerequisite for human development with the potential to satisfy basic social psychological needs for people with disabilities. The opportunity to participate in physically active leisure experiences has now been recognised through legislation as a fundamental ‘right’ for all people with disabilities, and a vital component that contributes to their quality of life. The aim of this paper is to explore the …
The Motivations of Baby Boomers to Participate in Adventure Tourism and the Implications for Adventure Tour Providers
One of the emerging growth areas of tourism is so‐called ‘adventure’ tourism. Adventure tourism has recently attracted the interest of older people, including a new generation of baby boomers. This trend has been attributed to the fact that many baby boomers are generally healthier, more financially well off, better educated and have a greater desire for novelty, escape and authentic experiences than previous cohorts of older people. Many baby bo…
Developing a Meaningful Identity for People with Disabilities through Serious Leisure Activities
Like other marginal groups, people with disabilities are generally reliant on government support resulting in a lifetime of dependency because they may never work in open employment. One alternative to paid employment is participation in serious leisure experiences (Stebbins, 1992). Serious leisure pursuits are engaged in by a small segment of people in society who are defined as amateurs, hobbyists or career volunteers. Patterson (1997) challeng…
The social world and event travel career of the serious yoga devotee
Serious leisure and social world theory provide a framework to qualitatively examine a small number of yoga participants with regard to their social world connections and propensity to engage in event tourism. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 15 yoga practitioners in Brisbane, Australia. For most devotees, yoga was regarded as serious leisure with a social world in which highly involved ‘actors’ participated i…
Participation in leisure activities after the death of a spouse
The main purpose of this exploratory study was to establish whether frequent participation in leisure activities helped widows and widowers adapt to widowhood. The study also examined whether more frequent participation in leisure activities by widows and widowers helped them maintain higher morale. A small sample of 60 recently bereaved widows and widowers who were living independently in a state capital in Australia was selected for the study. …
The serious leisure career hierarchy of Australian motorcycle road racers
The academic study of motorcycle racing represents a relatively new area of research. While numerous studies have been conducted on motorcycle gangs, no studies have investigated the serious leisure world of the motorcycle racer, a sport in which motorcyclists may reach speeds in excess of 200 km/hour, with accidents likely to result in serious injury or death. A small sample of eight motorcycle road racers who, at the time of this research, were…
By the Decade: An Exploration of the Leisure Perceptions and Preferences of Mid-Life Married Couples
The purpose of the study described in this paper was to explore the leisure and life perceptions and preferences of mid-life married couples over time. Study participants represented two age-groups (44–54 and 59–69 years), but with similar socio-demographic characteristics and socio-historic experiences. Longitudinal data were analysed for evidence of change or stability in leisure attitudes and preferences over the course of a decade. Though the…
Attitudes and experiences of tourism operators in Northern Australia towards people with disabilities
The last decade has seen an increasing interest in disability, access and tourism. This has culminated in the emergence of a body of work on “accessible tourism.” Disability and access have been the subject of a great deal of government regulation and coordination through building codes, awareness training and state-based tourism marketing authorities and policy engagement. Yet, the supply-side perspective of industry responses to this consumer g…
Mixed Serious Leisure and Grassroots Organizational Capacity: A Study of Amateur Artist Groups in a Regional Australian City
This exploratory research used qualitative data from semi-structured interviews conducted with spokespeople from grassroots associations of artists who described their role, personal rewards and costs involved from fulfilling a leadership role within their group. By becoming leaders in their groups, they enjoyed community and individual benefits, accepted costs on their time and finances and persevered with demands based on their people skills. B…
Identifying the Satisfactions Derived from Leisure Gardening by Older Adults
Gardening is a popular leisure activity among older adults in most Western countries. However, few systematic academic studies have focused on the benefits of gardening engaged in by this cohort. The purpose of this study was to identify the contribution of gardening to the leisure and life satisfaction of older adults. Self‐administered questionnaire surveys were completed by 433 older adults who were recruited at a ‘Gardening Australia Expo’ he…
The Leisure Perceptions and Leisure Meanings of a Mid-Life Couple Around the Time of Retirement
The purpose of this study was to examine how positive perceptions about leisure help people to adjust to the transition between work and retirement. In particular, do perceptions about work, family, or leisure shift during the time when people are working to when they move into retirement? Secondly, do positive perceptions about leisure help people adjust better to retirement? In order to examine these variables over time, longitudinal data was c…
Network Density, Centrality, and Communication in a Serious Leisure Social World
Little is known about the network structures formed by grassroots associations and allied organisations involved in serious leisure social worlds. Generally, research into serious leisure has focused upon the individual, mainly in amateur sports, some hobbies, and a few career volunteer activities. This paper reports a structural view of a social world network of 49 social actors comprised of the grassroots associations and allied organisations e…
Beyond Tourism: The Importance of Baby Boomer Generation Volunteers
The Strategic Impact of Country of Origin on Senior Tourism Demand: The Need to Balance Global and Local Strategies
Baby Boomers and Adventure Tourism: The Importance of Marketing the Leisure Experience
Tourism is big business, especially for older people, and they are becoming increasingly targeted by the marketers and travel companies who see this niche market as a growing field. One of the areas of tourism that is regarded as a developing market and is predicted to grow by at least 10 to 15% every year in the next decade is adventure tourism. This paper looks at the demographic characteristics of “baby boomers” and their growing interest in a…
The Workers' Movement and the New Social Movements: From Worker Participation to Societal Self-Management
Social Representations of Intelligence
Participation in leisure activities after the death of a spouse
The main purpose of this exploratory study was to establish whether frequent participation in leisure activities helped widows and widowers adapt to widowhood. The study also examined whether more frequent participation in leisure activities by widows and widowers helped them maintain higher morale. A small sample of 60 recently bereaved widows and widowers who were living independently in a state capital in Australia was selected for the study. …
Charles Fourier: The Theory of the Four Movements
This remarkable book, written soon after the French Revolution, has traditionally been considered one of the founding documents in the history of socialism. It introduces the best-known and most extraordinary utopia written in the last two centuries. Charles Fourier was among the first to formulate a right to a minimum standard of life. His radical approach involved a systematic critique of work, marriage and patriarchy, together with a parallel …
Developing a Meaningful Identity for People with Disabilities through Serious Leisure Activities
Like other marginal groups, people with disabilities are generally reliant on government support resulting in a lifetime of dependency because they may never work in open employment. One alternative to paid employment is participation in serious leisure experiences (Stebbins, 1992). Serious leisure pursuits are engaged in by a small segment of people in society who are defined as amateurs, hobbyists or career volunteers. Patterson (1997) challeng…
Baby Boomers and Adventure Tourism: The Importance of Marketing the Leisure Experience
Tourism is big business, especially for older people, and they are becoming increasingly targeted by the marketers and travel companies who see this niche market as a growing field. One of the areas of tourism that is regarded as a developing market and is predicted to grow by at least 10 to 15% every year in the next decade is adventure tourism. This paper looks at the demographic characteristics of “baby boomers” and their growing interest in a…
By the Decade: An Exploration of the Leisure Perceptions and Preferences of Mid-Life Married Couples
The purpose of the study described in this paper was to explore the leisure and life perceptions and preferences of mid-life married couples over time. Study participants represented two age-groups (44–54 and 59–69 years), but with similar socio-demographic characteristics and socio-historic experiences. Longitudinal data were analysed for evidence of change or stability in leisure attitudes and preferences over the course of a decade. Though the…
The Leisure Perceptions and Leisure Meanings of a Mid-Life Couple Around the Time of Retirement
The purpose of this study was to examine how positive perceptions about leisure help people to adjust to the transition between work and retirement. In particular, do perceptions about work, family, or leisure shift during the time when people are working to when they move into retirement? Secondly, do positive perceptions about leisure help people adjust better to retirement? In order to examine these variables over time, longitudinal data was c…
An Analysis of the Influence That Leisure Experiences Have on a Person's Mood State, Health and Wellbeing
The relationship between leisure, health, and wellbeing has had a longstanding connection; however, the processes that explain this association have been under‐researched and are still relatively unclear. Experiencing pleasant mood states through leisure participation has been found to be one of the most important benefits of leisure, and this has been shown to contribute to a person's quality of life. This paper explores the relationship between…
The Motivations of Baby Boomers to Participate in Adventure Tourism and the Implications for Adventure Tour Providers
One of the emerging growth areas of tourism is so‐called ‘adventure’ tourism. Adventure tourism has recently attracted the interest of older people, including a new generation of baby boomers. This trend has been attributed to the fact that many baby boomers are generally healthier, more financially well off, better educated and have a greater desire for novelty, escape and authentic experiences than previous cohorts of older people. Many baby bo…
Network Density, Centrality, and Communication in a Serious Leisure Social World
Little is known about the network structures formed by grassroots associations and allied organisations involved in serious leisure social worlds. Generally, research into serious leisure has focused upon the individual, mainly in amateur sports, some hobbies, and a few career volunteer activities. This paper reports a structural view of a social world network of 49 social actors comprised of the grassroots associations and allied organisations e…
The Benefits of Physically Active Leisure for People with Disabilities: An Australian perspective
Participation in leisure experiences is a prerequisite for human development with the potential to satisfy basic social psychological needs for people with disabilities. The opportunity to participate in physically active leisure experiences has now been recognised through legislation as a fundamental ‘right’ for all people with disabilities, and a vital component that contributes to their quality of life. The aim of this paper is to explore the …
Serious leisure and people with intellectual disabilities: Benefits and opportunities
Can people with intellectual disabilities use serious leisure activities in a similar context to people without disabilities as a substitute for their paid work? In the past, western societies have tended to devalue people with disabilities, and as a consequence they were less likely to have valued social roles through paid work. However, for many people with disabilities, serious leisure should be valued as it encourages active participation in …
Mixed Serious Leisure and Grassroots Organizational Capacity: A Study of Amateur Artist Groups in a Regional Australian City
This exploratory research used qualitative data from semi-structured interviews conducted with spokespeople from grassroots associations of artists who described their role, personal rewards and costs involved from fulfilling a leadership role within their group. By becoming leaders in their groups, they enjoyed community and individual benefits, accepted costs on their time and finances and persevered with demands based on their people skills. B…
The centrality of service organizations and their leisure networks
This study examines a network of community groups and the civic, commercial, and educational organizations involved with amateur artists in a regional Australian city. Social network analysis using measures for density, centrality, centralization, and cliques revealed that the groups and the organizations formed several clusters around types of creative artists and that service organizations were the communication hubs in the network. Recommendat…
Identifying the Satisfactions Derived from Leisure Gardening by Older Adults
Gardening is a popular leisure activity among older adults in most Western countries. However, few systematic academic studies have focused on the benefits of gardening engaged in by this cohort. The purpose of this study was to identify the contribution of gardening to the leisure and life satisfaction of older adults. Self‐administered questionnaire surveys were completed by 433 older adults who were recruited at a ‘Gardening Australia Expo’ he…
An expanding sexual economy along National Route 3 in Luang Namtha Province, Lao PDR
With some of the lowest development indicators in Southeast Asia, remote upland areas of the Lao People's Democratic Republic are among the poorest in the region. The advent of improved transport and communication links, along with opportunities for wage employment, have accelerated the growth of a cash economy in traditionally isolated farming communities of Luang Namtha Province. Interviews and focus group discussions with young people, women i…
Principal events in Fourier's life
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Attitudes and experiences of tourism operators in Northern Australia towards people with disabilities
The last decade has seen an increasing interest in disability, access and tourism. This has culminated in the emergence of a body of work on “accessible tourism.” Disability and access have been the subject of a great deal of government regulation and coordination through building codes, awareness training and state-based tourism marketing authorities and policy engagement. Yet, the supply-side perspective of industry responses to this consumer g…
The serious leisure career hierarchy of Australian motorcycle road racers
The academic study of motorcycle racing represents a relatively new area of research. While numerous studies have been conducted on motorcycle gangs, no studies have investigated the serious leisure world of the motorcycle racer, a sport in which motorcyclists may reach speeds in excess of 200 km/hour, with accidents likely to result in serious injury or death. A small sample of eight motorcycle road racers who, at the time of this research, were…
Using a Health Belief Model to investigate the walking behaviour of residents living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This study aims to investigate the level of walking behaviour of three major ethnic groups living in Kuala Lumpur and to ascertain the main influencing factors on walking behaviour using a Health Belief Model as the theoretical base. An explanatory mixed method research design was used in this study. A total of 2150 questionnaires were mailed to a randomly selected sample from the Kuala Lumpur enumeration block, of which 478 were returned, consis…
The “Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner” No More: Marathons and Social Worlds
This paper investigates how a group of novice marathon runners become immersed in the social world of a distance running community. A qualitative research design involved a combination of interviews and observations from within the social world of the distance running community. This fieldwork was undertaken in the traditional three month training period leading up to a major international marathon on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. Two…
The Strategic Impact of Country of Origin on Senior Tourism Demand: The Need to Balance Global and Local Strategies
The social world and event travel career of the serious yoga devotee
Serious leisure and social world theory provide a framework to qualitatively examine a small number of yoga participants with regard to their social world connections and propensity to engage in event tourism. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 15 yoga practitioners in Brisbane, Australia. For most devotees, yoga was regarded as serious leisure with a social world in which highly involved ‘actors’ participated i…
Xabier Irujo. Gernika, 1937: The Market Day Massacre
Perhaps the most significant change in the history of warfare came with the invention of the airplane and the advent of bombing. With the new dimension of the air, frontiers and defenses ceased to be obstacles, and the distinction between combatants and civilians began to blur. Indiscriminate German bombing during the First World War caused widespread destruction, injury, and deaths among the British civilian population. In the 1920s, such “frigh…
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