“A labour of love”: Active Lifestyle Entrepreneurship (Occupational Devotion) During a Time of COVID-19

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aut.relation.journalFrontiers in Sports and Active Living
aut.relation.startpage624457
aut.relation.volume3
dc.contributor.authorWright, Richard Keith
dc.contributor.authorWiersma, Cindy
dc.contributor.authorAjiee, Richard Opara
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-20T22:54:05Z
dc.date.available2023-11-20T22:54:05Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-22
dc.description.abstractThe Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis management strategies adopted by world leaders across the globe in 2020 impacted the work-life balance of billions of people. Entire populations were forced to stay at home and maintain a safe distance from family members, friends, colleagues, and customers. Occupational devotion is defined as a feeling of strong, positive attachment to a form of self-enhancing employment, where achievement and fulfillment are high, and the core activity has such intense appeal that the line between this work and leisure is virtually erased. Although it is not a new concept, this area of the serious leisure perspective has been largely overlooked by scholars observing the world of sport events and entrepreneurship. Using Creative Analytical Practice (CAP), a post-qualitative methodology, we present the personal narrative of a New Zealand-based active lifestyle entrepreneur who, as a result of a nationwide COVID19 lockdown, was forced to re-assess his long-established occupational devotion. Our co-constructed story offers an emotive insight into the personal cost and consequences of finding yourself living in a lockdown.
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, ISSN: 2624-9367 (Print); 2624-9367 (Online), Frontiers Media SA, 3, 624457-. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.624457
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fspor.2021.624457
dc.identifier.issn2624-9367
dc.identifier.issn2624-9367
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/16967
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFrontiers Media SA
dc.relation.urihttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2021.624457/full
dc.rights© 2021 Wright, Wiersma and Ajiee. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectactive lifestyle entrepreneurship
dc.subjectcreative analytical practice
dc.subjectoccupational devotion
dc.subjectpersonal narrative
dc.subjectserious leisure
dc.subject42 Health Sciences
dc.subject4207 Sports Science and Exercise
dc.subject8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
dc.subject4207 Sports science and exercise
dc.title“A labour of love”: Active Lifestyle Entrepreneurship (Occupational Devotion) During a Time of COVID-19
dc.typeJournal Article
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