Advances In Hospitality And Leisure, Volume 5

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"Advances in Hospitality and Leisure" ("AHL"), a peer-reviewed series, seeks to deliver refreshing insights from a host of scientific investigations pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism while rendering an academic forum to stimulate discussion on current literature, contemporary issues and emerging trends essential to theory advancement as well as professional practices from a global perspective. The main focus of this journal is to divulge the innovative methods of inquiry so as to inspire new research topics that are vital and have been in large neglected. AHL strives to address the needs of the populace willing to disseminate seminal ideas, concepts, and theories derived from scholarly inquiries. Potential readers may retrieve useful texts helping outline new research agendas, suggest viable topics for a dissertation work, and augment the knowledge of the new subjects of learning.

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ADVANCES IN HOSPITALITY AND LEISURE ADVANCES IN HOSPITALITY AND LEISURE Series Editor: Joseph S. Chen Recent Volumes: Volume 1: Volume 2: Volume 3: Volume 4: Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, edited by Joseph S. Chen Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, edited by Joseph S. Chen Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, edited by Joseph S. Chen Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, edited by Joseph S. Chen ADVANCES IN HOSPITALITY AND LEISURE VOLUME 5 ADVANCES IN HOSPITALITY AND LEISURE EDITED BY JOSEPH S. CHEN Indiana University, Bloomington, USA United Kingdom – North America – Japan India – Malaysia – China JAI Press is an imprint of Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA, UK First edition 2009 Copyright r 2009 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Reprints and permission service Contact: [email protected] No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without either the prior written permission of the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying issued in the UK by The Copyright Licensing Agency and in the USA by The Copyright Clearance Center. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the text, illustrations or advertisements. The opinions expressed in these chapters are not necessarily those of the Editor or the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-84855-674-4 ISSN: 1745-3542 (Series) Awarded in recognition of Emerald’s production department’s adherence to quality systems and processes when preparing scholarly journals for print CONTENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii AIMS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES xi EDITORIAL BOARD xiii FULL PAPERS PREDICTORS OF SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION IN A TOURISM CONTEXT: A CHAID APPROACH Mehmet Mehmetoglu THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LEISURE BEHAVIORS AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF FOREIGN LABORS IN TAIWAN – THE CASE OF THAI LABORS Tzuhui A. Tseng, David Y. Chang and Ching-Cheng Shen PERCEPTIONS OF JOB AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS ON CAREER DECISIONS Arjan van Rheede, Debbie Tromp and Robert J. Blomme RECREATION CONFLICT OF PARTICIPANTS IN DIFFERENT MODE OF WATER-BASED ACTIVITIES AND THEIR ADOPTION CHOICE Chung-Chi Wu, Ching-Tang James Wang, Hsiou-Hsiang Jack Liu and Wei-Ching Wang v 3 25 51 69 vi CONTENTS BEST PRACTICES IN SUSTAINABILITY: GERMAN AND ESTONIAN HOTELS Philip Sloan, Willy Legrand, Heli Tooman and Joachim Fendt 89 HEALTH-CARE TOURISM IN