Between Work & Leisure: The Common Ground of Two Separate Worlds

by Robert A. Stebbins

Book Overview

Between Work and Leisure aims to debunk the prevailing myth that work and leisure are separate and mutually antagonistic spheres of life. Stebbins shows that a close relationship between leisure and work is positive, offering people the possibility of finding joy in work just as they do in leisure.

Occupational devotion, as Stebbins defines it, is a strong and positive attachment to a form of self-enhancing work, where the sense of achievement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412853745
• ISBN13: 9781412853743
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"