Role of the Leisure Attributes of Shared Bicycles in Promoting Leisure Benefits and Quality of Life

Sunwoo Park, Hyejin Yoon, Chulmo Koo and Won Seok Lee
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Sunwoo Park: Department of Leisure and Tourism, Kyonggi University, Seoul 03753, Korea
Hyejin Yoon: Department of Global Tourism, Baewha Women’s University, Seoul 03039, Korea
Chulmo Koo: College of Hotel and Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea
Won Seok Lee: Department of Tourism and Recreation, Kyonggi University, Seoul 03753, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-11

Abstract: Given that the use of shared economic resources has increased for leisure, the main goal of the present study is to investigate the influence of the leisure attributes of the sharing economy on leisure benefits and quality of life. For this, the related sub-factors were derived for the verification of the sharing economy’s leisure attributes. Next, the sub-components of the concept were integrated and analyzed using a second confirmatory factor analysis. The results of a study using the structural equation model demonstrated that the sharing economy’s leisure attributes statistically affect the four levels of leisure benefits (i.e., social, physical, personal, and psychological benefits). We also identified two (social and psychological benefits) out of four leisure benefits that ultimately affect quality of life. This study is meaningful in that it elucidates the relationships between the sharing economy’s leisure attributes, leisure benefits, and quality of life.

Keywords: sharing economy; bike-sharing system; leisure benefits; quality of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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