Inter-group relationships and networks in an outdoor recreation setting /

and groups; e) develop hypotheses for future testing of

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bajc, Vida
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
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Description
Summary:and groups; e) develop hypotheses for future testing of
are made for future studies.
behavior; c) investigate how information relationships are
chose to focus on strengthening their existing ties. Most
contact with others outside the group remained at a casual
development of new relationships. Instead, recreationists
during the participation in these environments. The content
equivalent positions in that they had no social ties to
group. Visitors have constructed norms of behavior at these
Instead, information was valuable for one's social well-being
level and never progressed to a relationship. In network
mainly described their relationships with recreationists
necessary: a) identify the type and content of information
of information shared among the sample of recreationists
others outside their group. Consequently, they exhibit
outside their group as acquaintances, or no relationship.
patterned across egocentric networks; d) evaluate linkages in
positional rather than relational approach. Some suggestions
primary objective of this study was to develop theory that
privacy and limit their interaction with others outside their
processes between groups of recreationists at two outdoor
ranged from objective information related to the outdoor
reasoned that such an environment was not stimulating for the
recreation environment and activities, to a limited amount of
recreation information network models. The study pointed out
recreation settings in Sam Houston National Forest. The
religion or politics were rarely discussed. The respondents
settings at Sam Houston National Forest prefer to have
settings. To reach this objective, several steps were
shared among the sample of recreationists; b) analyze the
similar patterns of relations to all other recreationists
terms, these outdoor recreationists occupied structurally
that at these sites, information was not a valuable resource
The findings show that outdoor recreationists at the two
the networks by comparing network profiles across activities
they do not know, and should therefore be studied using a
This exploratory study examined the information sharing
two settings that protect their desire for privacy. It was
types of relationships that support information sharing
which could be exchanged, disseminated, or given as a gift.
will explain information sharing among strangers in leisure
work or family related personal information. Topics such as
Item Description:"Major subject: Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences".
Vita.
Physical Description:xi, 138 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 114-130.