The Liminiodity, Inversionary, and Prosaic (LIP) Behaviours Model /
The study was based on a theoretical framework that attempted to predict pleasure travellers' behaviours in relation to their home environment. Compensatory and Spill-over Leisure/Familiarity theories explain, in part, the relationship of behavioural activities undertaken in the home environme...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The study was based on a theoretical framework that attempted to predict pleasure travellers' behaviours in relation to their home environment. Compensatory and Spill-over Leisure/Familiarity theories explain, in part, the relationship of behavioural activities undertaken in the home environment. Building on these theories, it may be possible to (a) predict behaviours (work, leisure, and survival) within the pleasure-travel environment that are similar (prosaic) to the home environment and (b) predict behaviours that are near opposite (inversionary) to the home environment. In addition to the Compensatory and the Spill-over Leisure/Familiarity theories, the Liminal and Liminoid theories offer further explanations for prosaic and inversionary behaviours in the pleasuretravel environment. This Liminoid theory has been proposed to explain the conflicting behavioural styles of the pleasure- travel environment. Together all four theories, contributed to the development of the LIP Behaviours Model presented in this study. From this theoretical framework, a survey instrument was developed to record sleeping, alcohol drinking and dressing attire behaviours in the home environment (workdays and non- workdays) and the pleasure-travel environment. Twelve behaviours were included. Utilizing the survey instrument and statistical tests, an attempt was made to predict those behaviours that individuals would maintain from their home environment while pleasure travelling and those behaviours that would change while pleasure travelling. The results suggest that for those individuals who maintained similar behavioural patterns in the home environment, half of their behaviours were prosaic behaviours enacted in the pleasure- travel environment. Eleven of the twelve behavioural statements related to inversionary behaviours were statistically significant. The results suggest that for those individuals who had a propensity to alter their behaviours in the home environment, they inverted their behaviours in the pleasure-travel environment. The results of this study hold important implications for three areas of concern: 1) development of pleasure-travel behaviour theory; 2) development of an instrument that allows for the measurement of behaviours in the home environment and the pleasure-travel environment; and 3) marketing destination based on behavioural experiences. This dissertation on the LIP Behaviours Model has set the groundwork for future studies of this kind. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Recreation and Resources Development". |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 149 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |