This study aimed to examine the workplace and out of workplace leisure behaviors of the academic staff
according to age and academic title. The study was designed as a cross-sectional quantitative study. 229
teaching academic staff from Hatay Mustafa Kemal University participated in the research voluntarily. To
obtain data, workplace and out of workplace leisure behaviors scales were used. The data was analyzed with
SPSS 22 for Windows using One Way ANOVA. According to analysis results, both workplace and out of
workplace leisure behaviors of the academic staff significantly changed according to age and academic title. As
a conclusion this study showed that the most inlying workplace leisure activity for the participants was
"activities related to non-business reading," and the most distal activity was “mental activities”. On the other
hand, the most inlying out of workplace leisure activity was “internet-based activities”, and the most distal
activity was “society based activities". Besides, these preferences differed significantly according to age and
academic title.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Other Fields of Education, Psychology |
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | September 28, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 7 Issue: 4 |