TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a national leisure research strategy for New Zealand
T2 - Arts, outdoor recreation, sport, and community recreation
AU - Cushman, Grant
AU - Gidlow, Bob
AU - Espiner, Stephen
AU - Toohey, Michael
AU - Annear, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
With regard to the first of these changes, central government funding (e.g., in New Zealand via the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology [MORST], the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology [FORST],2 and the Health Research Council; in Australia via the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training [DETS]3) has been increasingly directed towards research which meets criteria of national (and increasingly international) relevance and significance. In addition, there has been an emergence of performance-based measures of research outputs in the tertiary education sector (e.g., in New Zealand, the Performance Based Research Fund [Cushman & Gidlow, 2005; Cushman, 2006]; in Australia, ‘Excellence in Research for Australia’) and enhanced linkages between these performance measures and central government funding of university research. Both of these policy and funding changes — which are linked to centralised processes of research assessment, a shift in the public sector to a more efficient production of research outputs and an emphasis on the measurement and evaluation of research programme outcomes — are conducive to the development of formalised research strategy development.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper reports on a project relating to the development of a National Research Strategy for Leisure, Arts, Outdoor Recreation, Sport, and Community Recreation in New Zealand. The purpose of the strategy - as was the case with an earlier project in Australia, the Australian Leisure Research Agenda - is to stimulate the development, dissemination, and use of research in leisure-related fields. In addition to raising selected issues in the development of research strategies, the paper describes the research approach, aims, and methodology adopted for the project and presents preliminary results. It also provides critical insights regarding possible future directions for research strategies in leisure-related fields.
AB - This paper reports on a project relating to the development of a National Research Strategy for Leisure, Arts, Outdoor Recreation, Sport, and Community Recreation in New Zealand. The purpose of the strategy - as was the case with an earlier project in Australia, the Australian Leisure Research Agenda - is to stimulate the development, dissemination, and use of research in leisure-related fields. In addition to raising selected issues in the development of research strategies, the paper describes the research approach, aims, and methodology adopted for the project and presents preliminary results. It also provides critical insights regarding possible future directions for research strategies in leisure-related fields.
KW - Leisure research agendas
KW - Leisure research strategies
KW - New Zealand
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U2 - 10.1080/11745398.2010.9686853
DO - 10.1080/11745398.2010.9686853
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84906559601
SN - 1174-5398
VL - 13
SP - 352
EP - 375
JO - Annals of Leisure Research
JF - Annals of Leisure Research
IS - 3
ER -