The role of involvement and commitment in explaining intention to engage in birding trips /

(1985) scale, a set of behavioral measures, and commitment

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim, Seong-Seop
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
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Summary:(1985) scale, a set of behavioral measures, and commitment
accrued through sustained participation. The results of
and equipment, money spent on birding, and miles traveled)
behavioral involvement scale, and commitment, showed adjusted
best related to Laurent and Kapferer's (1985) and
commitment in explaining intention to go on birding trips.
conceptualize and test a model of the role of involvement and
dimension of the Pll, commitment, and birding behavior
dimension was strongly related to Zaichkowsky's EP, the five
dimensions of behavioral involvement, and commitment. In
dimensions: importance-pleasure, risk, and sign. One of
factor analyses for Laurent and Kapferer's Pll, Zaichkowsky's
for socialpsychological involvement and several behavioral
identification ability, ownership of birding-related books
identify those behavioral n-y--asures of involvement which
individual's intention to take birding trips in the future.
intention to go on birding trips next year. The risk
involvement and commitment may be better predictors than
IP, behavioral involvement scale, and commitment showed high
Laurent and Kapferer's Pll (1985) and Zaichkowsky's IP (1985)
measures of involvement (e.g., number of birding trips taken,
measures, and measures of commitment; (c) to ascertain how
nimures explain intention to go on birding trips; (4) to
on birding trips next year, the three dimensions of the PII,
outside of Texas, were also significant contributors in
predicting birders'intention to go on birding trips next
psychological involvement scales, the five dimensions of
R2of .50. In the regression model, birding behavior in Texas
relationship between involvement and commitment; (b) to
reliability in this study. The Pll was found to have three
respectively. Results of multiple regression analyses for
scale explained 14%, 6%, and 48% of the total variance,
socio-psychological involvement indicators in identifying an
testing the composite model incorporating two social-
tests of hypotheses for predicting birders' intention to go
the IP, and the five dimensions of behavioral involvement
The objectives of this study were: (a) to identify the
these dimensions of the PII, the importance-pleasure
was conceptualized in terrm of centrality and sidebets
was the most important predictor in explaining respondents'
well Laurent and Kapferer's (1985) scale, Zaichkowsky's
were used in explaining birders'involven-y--nt. Commitment
year. These results suggested that behavioral indicators of
Zaichkowsky's (1985) social-psychological involvement
Item Description:"Major subject: Recreation and Resources Development".
Vita.
Physical Description:xiii, 153 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 117-133.