Kevin Lyons
Biographic Data
| ID | 3984693 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Lyons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Lyons |
| SIGNATURE | LYONS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Newcastle Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0456-4869 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 186 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Role identities of adventure tour operators in national parks
As the demand for adventure tourism in national parks increases, the number of adventure tour operators also increases, and the debate regarding their presence in national parks ensues. This paper focuses on the operators’ interpretation of adventure tourism in New South Wales (NSW) national parks, and explores why the operators have particular perspectives on adventure tourism in national parks. This paper draws on identity theory as a foundatio…
A diverse economies approach for promoting peace and justice in volunteer tourism
The extent to which volunteer tourism can contribute to peace promotion through intercultural exchange and understanding is a central theme in this paper. We present the tensions of situating volunteer tourism within a broader tourism industry that promotes hyper-consumption and homogenous development discourses. As volunteer tourism becomes increasingly commodified and co-opted by a profit-driven industry that perpetuates neoliberal capitalism a…
Host gazes from an Islamic island
Resident perception research orthodoxies have dominated academic literature for the past two decades. Homogenised host gaze outcomes have been crafted from decades of surveys that largely overlook the perspectives of non-Western less-developed host communities, including residents of remote island locations. Indeed, despite the popularity of islands as destinations, little is known about residents’ interpretations of tourism prior to the potentia…
Building capacity in a regional business community through engaged scholarship
Leisure and tourism industries in regional areas are dominated by both small- and medium-sized businesses, collectively referred to as small-to-medium tourism enterprises. This paper presents a case study that describes a research initiative that was developed to engage with the wine tourism and related leisure industries of the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia, where small-to-medium tourism enterprises have proliferated. The case stud…
Coping with change in rural landscapes
A rite of passage? Exploring youth transformation and global citizenry in the study abroad experience
Travel, long recognised as a rite of passage, is often also touted as a transformative experience which facilitates cross-cultural understanding, fosters an embrace of diversity and promotes global awareness. This process is aligned with youth development and has a rich history in the tourism literature. The importance of transformational travel, however, has now spread to programmes across the higher education landscape, with the recognition tha…
Mediating global citizenry
Research concerned with global citizenry in tourism is often focused on the potential outcomes of educational travel on the global competencies of student travellers. The experiential learning of educational travel – increasingly represented by short-term, faculty-led programmes – can be transformative for students. It is argued that educational travel shifts the focus of young people from a narrow or self-oriented position, to a broader and more…
Building sense of community in youth vacation camps through staff training
This study examines a sense of community developed by and among staff at two diverse youth vacation programmes. In-depth interviews and non-participant observations conducted with counselors and camp directors at each camp were the methods used by this study to collect data. Inclusion boundaries and episodic distinction are the two themes that emerged from the data. The findings reveal that both camps sought to establish a sense of community thro…
Values congruity in tourism and protected areas policy
Tourism is significantly linked to a range of economic fluctuations. This is particularly evident in the recent global financial crisis that has seen a decline in tourist visitation numbers. This situation has seen governments, regional tourism associations and tourism business operators globally, seeking ways to minimize the impact of this decline. While the global financial crisis has had a significant impact upon tourism in general, one area w…
Gap year volunteer tourism
Reflections on the Ambiguous Intersections between Volunteering and Tourism
In this paper we critique the intersections between volunteering and tourism and consider how these have been treated in scholarly research. We highlight how current narrow definitions of volunteer tourism may be obscuring activities which could further expand our understanding of the intersections of volunteering and tourism. We reflect on three examples from our own research to explore atypical volunteer tourism activities that push at the curr…
The effect of short-term educational travel programs on environmental citizenship
Short-term study abroad is the fastest growing area of international education and there is increasing interest in the role of modified applications of this form (e.g. faculty-led, field/environmental, and/or educational travel) in influencing global citizenship. Using an empirical database of over 650 students registered for a study abroad course in sustainable development offered in Australia and New Zealand, we explore the effect of short-term…
Place-meaning and Sustainable Land Management
Private lands play an important role in sustaining ecosystem functions of rural landscapes that also support quality tourism and recreation experiences. However, land fragmentation has increasingly threatened this role of private lands adjacent to expanding urban areas. This coincides with a growing trend among rural landowners to make their lands available for recreation and tourism-related uses. The purpose of this study was to explore the effe…
Examining Layers of Community in Leisure Contexts
This paper explores the dimensions of community that feature in the lives of older people involved in an exercise intervention. It uses McMillan and Chavis' (1986) theory of psychological sense of community as a sensitizing construct (Ragin, 1994). The results show that participants experienced a sense of community on different levels. They felt a sense of belonging and emotional connection to the gym environment, the University (including the re…
Introduction to the special issue on volunteer tourism
(2009). Introduction to the special issue on volunteer tourism. Annals of Leisure Research: Vol. 12, Volunteer Tourism, pp. 269-271
Transcending Emotional Community
This qualitative study examined meanings of community as they developed among older adults who participate in Master's sports. Four themes emerged through data analysis that described what a sense of community meant to study participants: a shared sporting interest, comrades in continued activity, relevant life purpose, and giving back. These themes each lend general support to the four elements that constitute McMillan and Chavis' (1986) McMilla…
Non‐resident Fathers' Leisure with their Children
Increasing instances of divorce, de‐facto separation and non‐marital childbirth in westernised states have led to growing numbers of fathers living separately from their children. In Australia these non‐resident fathers now number approximately 400,000. Despite increasing evidence that fathers can be central to their children’s education, health and wellbeing, and that for many non‐resident fathers contact with their children is important and hig…
Wolves Among Sheep? The Role of Men in a Feminist Leisure Studies
A Predictive Model of Chronic Time Pressure in the Australian Population
Time pressure is a perception of being rushed or pressed for time. In its most extreme form, time pressure has implications for leisure, health and wellbeing. Although previous findings from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that time pressure affects large numbers of Australians (ABS, 1998 Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1998. How Australians use their time, Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Catalogue No. 4153.0 [Google Sc…
Exploring the Meanings of Community Among Summer Camp Staff
This article describes an ethnographic study that explores the experiences of ‘community’ among staff who work in a summer camp and how those experiences are developed, interpreted and reinforced through the daily practices and routines that are a central part of the camp context. The main findings reported in this study show that the development of feelings of community at the camp was a product of an intentional effort undertaken by the staff a…
Enhancing the Employability of Leisure Studies Graduates through Work Integrated Learning
Graduate employment rates are often used in Australian universities as a key performance indicator in relation to teaching and learning outcomes. While leisure studies and related curricula have always concerned themselves with preparing students for careers within the broadly-based leisure industries, given the climate of funding of higher education, such programs may be vulnerable unless they can demonstrate their professional relevance. This p…
Ambiguities in Volunteer Tourism
This study critically challenges the implied unproblematic categorizations of tourism by exploring cultural exchange as an ambiguous form of volunteer tourism. Specifically, this article presents findings from a case study of a group of Australian participating in a J-1 visitor exchange programme in the United States. The findings of this study suggest that cultural exchange as a form of volunteer tourism creates a number of potentially ambiguous…
The place of research in social work education
This paper argues for a stronger emphasis on research in social work education and the recognition of a triangular and dynamic relationship between social work research, education and practice. The focus here is on the particular relationship between the first two of this triad. The paper locates the discussion in an examination of the literature on the nature of knowledge and ideas about professional education, and proceeds to a consideration of…
Gap year volunteer tourism
Transcending Emotional Community
This qualitative study examined meanings of community as they developed among older adults who participate in Master's sports. Four themes emerged through data analysis that described what a sense of community meant to study participants: a shared sporting interest, comrades in continued activity, relevant life purpose, and giving back. These themes each lend general support to the four elements that constitute McMillan and Chavis' (1986) McMilla…
Examining Layers of Community in Leisure Contexts
This paper explores the dimensions of community that feature in the lives of older people involved in an exercise intervention. It uses McMillan and Chavis' (1986) theory of psychological sense of community as a sensitizing construct (Ragin, 1994). The results show that participants experienced a sense of community on different levels. They felt a sense of belonging and emotional connection to the gym environment, the University (including the re…
A rite of passage? Exploring youth transformation and global citizenry in the study abroad experience
Travel, long recognised as a rite of passage, is often also touted as a transformative experience which facilitates cross-cultural understanding, fosters an embrace of diversity and promotes global awareness. This process is aligned with youth development and has a rich history in the tourism literature. The importance of transformational travel, however, has now spread to programmes across the higher education landscape, with the recognition tha…
Ambiguities in Volunteer Tourism
This study critically challenges the implied unproblematic categorizations of tourism by exploring cultural exchange as an ambiguous form of volunteer tourism. Specifically, this article presents findings from a case study of a group of Australian participating in a J-1 visitor exchange programme in the United States. The findings of this study suggest that cultural exchange as a form of volunteer tourism creates a number of potentially ambiguous…
The place of research in social work education
This paper argues for a stronger emphasis on research in social work education and the recognition of a triangular and dynamic relationship between social work research, education and practice. The focus here is on the particular relationship between the first two of this triad. The paper locates the discussion in an examination of the literature on the nature of knowledge and ideas about professional education, and proceeds to a consideration of…
The effect of short-term educational travel programs on environmental citizenship
Short-term study abroad is the fastest growing area of international education and there is increasing interest in the role of modified applications of this form (e.g. faculty-led, field/environmental, and/or educational travel) in influencing global citizenship. Using an empirical database of over 650 students registered for a study abroad course in sustainable development offered in Australia and New Zealand, we explore the effect of short-term…
Non‐resident Fathers' Leisure with their Children
Increasing instances of divorce, de‐facto separation and non‐marital childbirth in westernised states have led to growing numbers of fathers living separately from their children. In Australia these non‐resident fathers now number approximately 400,000. Despite increasing evidence that fathers can be central to their children’s education, health and wellbeing, and that for many non‐resident fathers contact with their children is important and hig…
A Predictive Model of Chronic Time Pressure in the Australian Population
Time pressure is a perception of being rushed or pressed for time. In its most extreme form, time pressure has implications for leisure, health and wellbeing. Although previous findings from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that time pressure affects large numbers of Australians (ABS, 1998 Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1998. How Australians use their time, Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Catalogue No. 4153.0 [Google Sc…
Reflections on the Ambiguous Intersections between Volunteering and Tourism
In this paper we critique the intersections between volunteering and tourism and consider how these have been treated in scholarly research. We highlight how current narrow definitions of volunteer tourism may be obscuring activities which could further expand our understanding of the intersections of volunteering and tourism. We reflect on three examples from our own research to explore atypical volunteer tourism activities that push at the curr…
Place-meaning and Sustainable Land Management
Private lands play an important role in sustaining ecosystem functions of rural landscapes that also support quality tourism and recreation experiences. However, land fragmentation has increasingly threatened this role of private lands adjacent to expanding urban areas. This coincides with a growing trend among rural landowners to make their lands available for recreation and tourism-related uses. The purpose of this study was to explore the effe…
Exploring the Meanings of Community Among Summer Camp Staff
This article describes an ethnographic study that explores the experiences of ‘community’ among staff who work in a summer camp and how those experiences are developed, interpreted and reinforced through the daily practices and routines that are a central part of the camp context. The main findings reported in this study show that the development of feelings of community at the camp was a product of an intentional effort undertaken by the staff a…
Host gazes from an Islamic island
Resident perception research orthodoxies have dominated academic literature for the past two decades. Homogenised host gaze outcomes have been crafted from decades of surveys that largely overlook the perspectives of non-Western less-developed host communities, including residents of remote island locations. Indeed, despite the popularity of islands as destinations, little is known about residents’ interpretations of tourism prior to the potentia…
Coping with change in rural landscapes
Mediating global citizenry
Research concerned with global citizenry in tourism is often focused on the potential outcomes of educational travel on the global competencies of student travellers. The experiential learning of educational travel – increasingly represented by short-term, faculty-led programmes – can be transformative for students. It is argued that educational travel shifts the focus of young people from a narrow or self-oriented position, to a broader and more…
Wolves Among Sheep? The Role of Men in a Feminist Leisure Studies
Building sense of community in youth vacation camps through staff training
This study examines a sense of community developed by and among staff at two diverse youth vacation programmes. In-depth interviews and non-participant observations conducted with counselors and camp directors at each camp were the methods used by this study to collect data. Inclusion boundaries and episodic distinction are the two themes that emerged from the data. The findings reveal that both camps sought to establish a sense of community thro…
Introduction to the special issue on volunteer tourism
(2009). Introduction to the special issue on volunteer tourism. Annals of Leisure Research: Vol. 12, Volunteer Tourism, pp. 269-271
Enhancing the Employability of Leisure Studies Graduates through Work Integrated Learning
Graduate employment rates are often used in Australian universities as a key performance indicator in relation to teaching and learning outcomes. While leisure studies and related curricula have always concerned themselves with preparing students for careers within the broadly-based leisure industries, given the climate of funding of higher education, such programs may be vulnerable unless they can demonstrate their professional relevance. This p…
The place of research in social work education
This paper argues for a stronger emphasis on research in social work education and the recognition of a triangular and dynamic relationship between social work research, education and practice. The focus here is on the particular relationship between the first two of this triad. The paper locates the discussion in an examination of the literature on the nature of knowledge and ideas about professional education, and proceeds to a consideration of…
Exploring the Meanings of Community Among Summer Camp Staff
This article describes an ethnographic study that explores the experiences of ‘community’ among staff who work in a summer camp and how those experiences are developed, interpreted and reinforced through the daily practices and routines that are a central part of the camp context. The main findings reported in this study show that the development of feelings of community at the camp was a product of an intentional effort undertaken by the staff a…
Enhancing the Employability of Leisure Studies Graduates through Work Integrated Learning
Graduate employment rates are often used in Australian universities as a key performance indicator in relation to teaching and learning outcomes. While leisure studies and related curricula have always concerned themselves with preparing students for careers within the broadly-based leisure industries, given the climate of funding of higher education, such programs may be vulnerable unless they can demonstrate their professional relevance. This p…
Ambiguities in Volunteer Tourism
This study critically challenges the implied unproblematic categorizations of tourism by exploring cultural exchange as an ambiguous form of volunteer tourism. Specifically, this article presents findings from a case study of a group of Australian participating in a J-1 visitor exchange programme in the United States. The findings of this study suggest that cultural exchange as a form of volunteer tourism creates a number of potentially ambiguous…
A Predictive Model of Chronic Time Pressure in the Australian Population
Time pressure is a perception of being rushed or pressed for time. In its most extreme form, time pressure has implications for leisure, health and wellbeing. Although previous findings from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that time pressure affects large numbers of Australians (ABS, 1998 Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1998. How Australians use their time, Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Catalogue No. 4153.0 [Google Sc…
Non‐resident Fathers' Leisure with their Children
Increasing instances of divorce, de‐facto separation and non‐marital childbirth in westernised states have led to growing numbers of fathers living separately from their children. In Australia these non‐resident fathers now number approximately 400,000. Despite increasing evidence that fathers can be central to their children’s education, health and wellbeing, and that for many non‐resident fathers contact with their children is important and hig…
Wolves Among Sheep? The Role of Men in a Feminist Leisure Studies
Transcending Emotional Community
This qualitative study examined meanings of community as they developed among older adults who participate in Master's sports. Four themes emerged through data analysis that described what a sense of community meant to study participants: a shared sporting interest, comrades in continued activity, relevant life purpose, and giving back. These themes each lend general support to the four elements that constitute McMillan and Chavis' (1986) McMilla…
Introduction to the special issue on volunteer tourism
(2009). Introduction to the special issue on volunteer tourism. Annals of Leisure Research: Vol. 12, Volunteer Tourism, pp. 269-271
Examining Layers of Community in Leisure Contexts
This paper explores the dimensions of community that feature in the lives of older people involved in an exercise intervention. It uses McMillan and Chavis' (1986) theory of psychological sense of community as a sensitizing construct (Ragin, 1994). The results show that participants experienced a sense of community on different levels. They felt a sense of belonging and emotional connection to the gym environment, the University (including the re…
The effect of short-term educational travel programs on environmental citizenship
Short-term study abroad is the fastest growing area of international education and there is increasing interest in the role of modified applications of this form (e.g. faculty-led, field/environmental, and/or educational travel) in influencing global citizenship. Using an empirical database of over 650 students registered for a study abroad course in sustainable development offered in Australia and New Zealand, we explore the effect of short-term…
Place-meaning and Sustainable Land Management
Private lands play an important role in sustaining ecosystem functions of rural landscapes that also support quality tourism and recreation experiences. However, land fragmentation has increasingly threatened this role of private lands adjacent to expanding urban areas. This coincides with a growing trend among rural landowners to make their lands available for recreation and tourism-related uses. The purpose of this study was to explore the effe…
Values congruity in tourism and protected areas policy
Tourism is significantly linked to a range of economic fluctuations. This is particularly evident in the recent global financial crisis that has seen a decline in tourist visitation numbers. This situation has seen governments, regional tourism associations and tourism business operators globally, seeking ways to minimize the impact of this decline. While the global financial crisis has had a significant impact upon tourism in general, one area w…
Gap year volunteer tourism
Reflections on the Ambiguous Intersections between Volunteering and Tourism
In this paper we critique the intersections between volunteering and tourism and consider how these have been treated in scholarly research. We highlight how current narrow definitions of volunteer tourism may be obscuring activities which could further expand our understanding of the intersections of volunteering and tourism. We reflect on three examples from our own research to explore atypical volunteer tourism activities that push at the curr…
Building sense of community in youth vacation camps through staff training
This study examines a sense of community developed by and among staff at two diverse youth vacation programmes. In-depth interviews and non-participant observations conducted with counselors and camp directors at each camp were the methods used by this study to collect data. Inclusion boundaries and episodic distinction are the two themes that emerged from the data. The findings reveal that both camps sought to establish a sense of community thro…
Building capacity in a regional business community through engaged scholarship
Leisure and tourism industries in regional areas are dominated by both small- and medium-sized businesses, collectively referred to as small-to-medium tourism enterprises. This paper presents a case study that describes a research initiative that was developed to engage with the wine tourism and related leisure industries of the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia, where small-to-medium tourism enterprises have proliferated. The case stud…
Coping with change in rural landscapes
A rite of passage? Exploring youth transformation and global citizenry in the study abroad experience
Travel, long recognised as a rite of passage, is often also touted as a transformative experience which facilitates cross-cultural understanding, fosters an embrace of diversity and promotes global awareness. This process is aligned with youth development and has a rich history in the tourism literature. The importance of transformational travel, however, has now spread to programmes across the higher education landscape, with the recognition tha…
Mediating global citizenry
Research concerned with global citizenry in tourism is often focused on the potential outcomes of educational travel on the global competencies of student travellers. The experiential learning of educational travel – increasingly represented by short-term, faculty-led programmes – can be transformative for students. It is argued that educational travel shifts the focus of young people from a narrow or self-oriented position, to a broader and more…
Host gazes from an Islamic island
Resident perception research orthodoxies have dominated academic literature for the past two decades. Homogenised host gaze outcomes have been crafted from decades of surveys that largely overlook the perspectives of non-Western less-developed host communities, including residents of remote island locations. Indeed, despite the popularity of islands as destinations, little is known about residents’ interpretations of tourism prior to the potentia…
A diverse economies approach for promoting peace and justice in volunteer tourism
The extent to which volunteer tourism can contribute to peace promotion through intercultural exchange and understanding is a central theme in this paper. We present the tensions of situating volunteer tourism within a broader tourism industry that promotes hyper-consumption and homogenous development discourses. As volunteer tourism becomes increasingly commodified and co-opted by a profit-driven industry that perpetuates neoliberal capitalism a…
Role identities of adventure tour operators in national parks
As the demand for adventure tourism in national parks increases, the number of adventure tour operators also increases, and the debate regarding their presence in national parks ensues. This paper focuses on the operators’ interpretation of adventure tourism in New South Wales (NSW) national parks, and explores why the operators have particular perspectives on adventure tourism in national parks. This paper draws on identity theory as a foundatio…
Political science (18 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Tourism (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Public relations (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Context (archaeology (7 works)