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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: multi-dimensional scale for repositioning public park and recreation services
  name:
    name part: Kaczynski, Andrew Thomas
    name part: 1977-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Crompton, John L.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2003
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: The goal of this study was to develop an instrument to assist public park and recreation agencies in successfully repositioning their offerings in order to garner increased allocations of tax dollars. To achieve this, an agency must be perceived as providing public benefits, those that accrue to all members of its constituency. The scale sought to identify the importance of various community issues and perceptions of the agency's performance in contributing to those issues. A valid and reliable 36-item instrument was developed that encompasses nine distinct dimensions: Preventing Youth Crime, Environmental Stewardship, Enhancing Real Estate Values, Attracting and Retaining Businesses, Attracting and Retaining Retirees, Improving Community Health, Stimulating Urban Rejuvenation, Attracting Tourists, and Addressing the Needs of People who are Underemployed. These dimensions represent community issues that a park and recreation agency can contribute towards, and can therefore use as a basis for its repositioning efforts. Using a screening process by expert judges, a pretest sample of undergraduate students, and a sample of municipal residents, each of the importance and performance dimensions in the scale was judged to possess content validity, internal consistency, construct validity, and split-half reliability. A shortened version of the instrument was also demonstrated to possess internal consistency and construct validity. In a practical application, the scale proved useful in identifying repositioning options for the park and recreation department, both in isolation and relative to a public agency 'competitor'. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are offered.
  note: by Andrew Thomas Kaczynski.
  note: "Major Subject: Recreation, Park and Tourism Sci"
  note: Title from author supplied metadata.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: M.S. Texas A & M University 2003.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis).
  subject:
    topic: Major Recreation, Park and Tourism Sci
  subject:
    topic: scale development
  subject:
    topic: public parks and recreation
  subject:
    topic: positioning
  subject:
    topic: benefits
  subject:
    topic: importance-performance analysis
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/342
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 030910
    record change date: 20151025094712.0
    record identifier: in00001765524