Playing Our Way: Contributions of Social Groups to Women's Continued Participation in Golf

Wood, Laura; Danylchuk, Karen

doi:10.1080/01490400.2011.606778

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“…When applied to golf, the constraint of interaction would include the difficulty of finding a golf partner. Research from Wood and Danylchuk (2011) suggests that persistence in golf is primarily driven by interpersonal factors such as connecting with group members and constructing a group culture. Interpersonal constraints would also include factors such as societal expectations, including gender expectations.…”

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Gender, Millennials, and leisure constraints: exploring golf’s participation decline

McGinnis

Gentry

Haltom

2019

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

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This paper addresses the dearth of research regarding why the golf industry, specifically in the United States, is stagnating and, in some cases, losing participants. We focus on why Millennials are not playing golf to the same extent as previous generations. This is a conceptual paper, drawing upon literature in sports, leisure, gender, and marketing to track the current trends in sports participation, leisure, and household production to determine the constraints that might limit golf participation. In this paper, we highlight gender as an important social structure and conceptual lens for understanding social changes, particularly among Millennials, which could also contribute to the reductions in golf participation. We offer practical solutions for the golf industry to grow, especially among the Millennial audience. We suggest, among other actions, that golf should improve its appeal to the entire family.

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Section: Interpersonal Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender, Millennials, and leisure constraints: exploring golf’s participation decline

McGinnis

Gentry

Haltom

2019

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

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“…The finding that neither the intensity nor the length of time of organisational involvement were associated with higher social connectedness scores was unexpected in the light of previous work (Stokowski, 2009;Wood and Danylchuk, 2011). There are at least three possible explanations for this: firstly, that heightened social connectedness precedes involvement in community sport; secondly, that social connectedness is heightened through involvement with community sport within a short period of time subsequent to joining and that this is not substantially increased further over time as a member; thirdly, that other or additional measures of involvement are required.…”

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Involvement in sport and social connectedness

Hoye

Nicholson

Brown

2012

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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This paper explores the relationship between involvement in sport and non-sport community organisations and social connectedness. Data were collected on types of community involvement, selected demographic variables and social connectedness. The findings support the contention that involvement in sport organisations is associated with increased levels of social connectedness. Sport involvement was found to be a predictor of social connectedness, while involvement in non-sport community organisations was not. The study also found that the tenure and intensity of involvement in organisations were not significantly associated with social connectedness scores.For more than 25 years social capital has been used as a framework to conceptualise the way in which social relations generate outcomes for individuals, organisations, communities and nations (cf.

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“…Previous research has found that when people develop social bonds with others in a particular setting, they are more likely to form a personal attachment to the setting or activity (Kyle and Chick, ; Funk and James, ; Wood and Danylchuk, ). Describing the concept as camaraderie, Filo et al .…”

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Developing personal attachment to a physically active charity event

Snelgrove

Wood

Havitz

2013

J of Philanthropy and Mktg

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• Given the commonplace of physically active charity events, it is increasingly important for charitable organizations to understand how participants form personal attachments to their events so that marketers can maximize the amount of funds raised and achieve an attractive return on marketing expenditures. This exploratory study examines the ways in which participants at a walk/run for multiple sclerosis form personal attachments to the event. The limited work that has been conducted in this area has focused on cycling events, which may not include all types of participants (e.g., people with physical restrictions tied to the cause) and their experiences. Data were collected through an online questionnaire that employed open-ended qualitative questions. The findings suggest three ways in which participants form attachments to the event, including being known as a fundraiser, aligning self and cause, and developing social bonds.

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Playing Our Way: Contributions of Social Groups to Women's Continued Participation in Golf

Cited by 27 publications

References 30 publications

Gender, Millennials, and leisure constraints: exploring golf’s participation decline

Gender, Millennials, and leisure constraints: exploring golf’s participation decline

Involvement in sport and social connectedness

Developing personal attachment to a physically active charity event

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