So far the research has been the preference of either labor or leisure and the contribution of leisure on labor. This paper, however, aims to reveal the effect of different work environments on leisure activities.
First the definitions of mental work...
So far the research has been the preference of either labor or leisure and the contribution of leisure on labor. This paper, however, aims to reveal the effect of different work environments on leisure activities.
First the definitions of mental workers and Physical workers were sought, their background in terms of a labor history was examined, and the results of previous research concerned were discussed in detail. With this theoretical warming-up, some actual research on laborers' leisure activities was analyzed.
Then, four hypotheses were decided : leisure necessity, leisure dissatisfaction, leisure planning, and the source of leisure information. All 29 items of questions were composed in three pares leisure consciousness(13), leisure activities(9), and demographics(7). 200 workers each were chosen and the method of random self-response was taken. self-response was taken.
According to the analysis, both groups thought high of leisure and labor, felt leisure necessity, had leisure 13 get rid of fatigue and unhappiness, and were satisfied in work and family life more than leisure activities and community life.
Though lots of answerers were satisfactory with their own leisure patterns, the lack of time was the main factor for the unsatisfied.
Most workers in the two groups were half planning for their leisure activities, mainly considering comfort and composure, The highest source of leisure information was word of Mouth and friends constituted main partners.
Watching and appreciation, especially movies and plays, formed their major leisure pattern. Among other leisure activities were taking a walk (in the section of sightseeing), joining in group and alumni gatherings (social activity), playing bowling (sports), and musical performance or singing (hobbies).
As a result 400 workers in the two groups showed no difference in leisure planning but some differences in three other parts of leiusre necessity, leisure dissatisfaction, and the source of leisure information.
The generalization of these results is rather difficult because most answerers were in their 20s or 30s and because the peculiar occupational differences between mental and physical workers were not carefully examined. Further research might have to get over these limits.