Gary Howat

Biographic Data

ID5858037
NAMEGary Howat
GIVEN NAMESGary
FAMILY NAMEHowat
SIGNATUREHOWAT G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of South Australia
ORCID0000-0002-2498-6551
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS43
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX2

  • Wellness tourists

    Open AccessCornelia Voigt, Graham Brown et al.ARTICLETourism Review2011

    Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and compare the benefits sought by three different types of wellness tourists: beauty spa, lifestyle resort, and spiritual retreat visitors. Design/methodology/approach Based on the findings from 27 semi‐structured interviews with wellness tourists a benefits of wellness tourism scale (BWTS) was developed. It was used to measure 46 benefit items and was mailed to people included on the client/member…

  • Hedonic and Eudaimonic Experiences among Wellness Tourists

    Cornelia Voigt, Gary Howat et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Leisure Research2010Cited by: 35References: 13

    This paper contends that recent developments in the field of positive psychology, particularly in the area of psychological well‐being, in combination with Stebbins's framework of casual versus serious leisure, may provide a new perspective for the understanding of tourism experiences. Based on the experience accounts of three different groups of wellness tourists (i.e., visitors to beauty spas, lifestyle resorts, and spiritual retreats), the aim…

  • The ‘Enrichment Hypothesis’ as an Explanation of Women's Participation in Rugby

    Duncan Murray, Gary HowatARTICLEAnnals of Leisure Research2009Cited by: 7References: 12

    The widely acknowledged reduction in participation in sport by women presents a major challenge to sports administrators. Especially challenged are sports that are non‐traditional for women, typified by 'masculine' characteristics of physical power and body contact, such as rugby. The purpose of this paper is to seek an explanation for why some women do decide to participate in such non‐traditional sports. Specifically, it examines women who part…

  • Service Quality Attributes Specific to the Performance of Officials (umpires and referees) at an Australian Recreation Center

    Peter Sifkus, Gary Howat et al.ARTICLEWorld Leisure & Recreation2005References: 1

    The performance of officials is often a cause for dissatisfaction that influences customers to discontinue their involvement with sports competitions. Recreational sports conducted by Australian public recreation centers in particular often utilize inexperienced officials who are criticized by participants. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify specific attributes of officials' performance and to examine their impact on participant…

  • Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction and Behavioural Intentions of Australian Aquatic Centre Customers, 1999–2001

    Gary Howat, Gary Crilley et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Leisure Research2002Cited by: 1

    Improved service quality can help retain customers of leisure services and facilities and satisfied customers are more likely to recommend the service to other potential customers. Operators can use customer service quality and customer satisfaction data to assist in the continuous improvement of their operations. In particular, the collated data generated through research reported in this paper can be used for external benchmarking by operators …

  • Employee Commitment In Park and Recreation Agencies

    Manuel London, Gary HowatARTICLEJournal of Leisure Research1979References: 2

    This study examines the commitment of park and recreation employees to their agency (organization), profession, and community. Data were collected from one supervisor (the director or superintendent) and one immediate subordinate in 49 agencies throughout the State of Illinois. Organizational commitment was positively related to age, number of children, salary, and community size. Commitment to the profession and community were not associated wit…