LEISURE INVOLVEMENT REVISITED - CONCEPTUAL CONUNDRUMS AND MEASUREMENTADVANCES

This paper revisits and critiques two propositions originally posited by Havitz and Dimanche (1990) with respect to leisure involvement on t he basis of evidence from 50 leisure involvement data sets: (1) Multif aceted scales are more appropriate than single faceted scales for meas uring leisure and tourism involvement; and (2) Leisure and touristic e xperiences should be highly involving on all facets. Despite general s upport for both propositions, recent research has suggested that leisu re involvement is a more complex construct than originally suggested. Much of the complexity stems from the challenges inherent in interpret ing multifaceted data.