CODE | TRS1141 | ||||||||
TITLE | Work, Leisure and Society | ||||||||
UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
DEPARTMENT | Tourism Management | ||||||||
DESCRIPTION | This study-unit addresses the concepts of leisure and work emphasizing either role within tourism and travel through time. Lectures and discussions on societal attitudes toward work and leisure stress the need to keep these activities in proper perspective. Students will be introduced to the many effects leisure and work have on society including, but not limited to the economic impact, leisure as a modifier of culture, and leisure as it relates to life stages and health. Students will concentrate on sociological aspects of optimal experience and quality of life and the role of tourism in providing an experience. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to investigate the correlation between work and leisure and how this confluence changed through time. Tourism forms an integral part of both work and leisure. Understanding the meanings of how leisure and work fit into social constructs allows for adequate interpretation of current situations while developing effective products catered for through various tourism products. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - explain how changes in society affect understanding of and engagement with work and leisure; - compare with confidence the relationship between work, leisure and disposable income; - restate salient points of select theories of work and leisure; - list intrinsic and extrinsic values underpinning forms of and manifestations of work and leisure; - describe a general account of concurrent workforce composition in Malta and the EU. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - argue the relevance or otherwise of select theories in understanding patterns of work, workforce and leisure in past and present societies; - discuss intrinsic and extrinsic values underpinning work and leisure in a given context. Reading List: Main Texts - Grint, K. (2005). The Sociology of Work: Introduction. Cambridge: Polity Press. - Debono, M. & Rizzo, S. (2016). Work. In Briguglio, B. & Brown, M. (eds.). Sociology of the Maltese Islands, 217-240. Malta: Agenda. - Visanich, V. (2016). Consumption and Leisure Activities. In Briguglio, B. & Brown, M. (eds.). Sociology of the Maltese Islands, 273-286. Malta: Agenda. For seminar presentations, besides those indicated as main texts, one may also consult sources from the following: - Clark, M. & Cassar, J. (2013). Leisure Trends among Young People in Malta. Malta: Office of the Commissioner for Children and Aġenżija Żgħażagħ. Retrieved January 20, 2020 from http://cdn02.abakushost.com/agenzijazghazagh/downloads/Leisure_Trends_Amongst_Young_People_in_Malta.pdf - Eichengreen, B. (2013). The future of European capitalism. In Current History 112(757), 298-303. Retrieved January 20, 2020 from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1449532660?accountid=27934. - Klyver, K., Løwe Nielsen, S. & Rostgaard Evald, M. (2013). Women's self-employment: An act of institutional (dis)integration? A multilevel, cross-country study. In Journal of Business Venturing 28, 474–488. McAlpine, M. (2008). So You Want to Work: In Travel and Tourism? London: Hachette Children's Group. - Papadogianni, N. & Siegfried, D. (eds) (2014). Between Leisure, Work and Study: Tourism and Mobility in Europe from 1945-1989. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsvlg. - Ruseski, J. E. & Maresova, K. (2014). Economic Freedom, Sport Policy and Individual Participation in Physical Activity: An International Comparison. In Contemporary Economic Policy 32: 42–55. doi: 10.1111/coep.12027. |
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STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Seminar and Presentation | ||||||||
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LECTURER/S | George Cassar |
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