2012, Vol.36, No.6

Journal of Tourism Sciences 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 2.7

pISSN : 1226-0533 / eISSN : 2713-6388
https://journal.kci.go.kr/JTS

The aim of our research is to study, using the method by Edward Said’s cultural theory ‘orientalism’ the cultural trend of western ‘modernity’ which became increasing imported during the Japanese rule-era, and its influence on the association of leisure in South Korea. Specifically, we find the fact that Korean leisure pattern reflects how the Intelligentsia in the Japanese colonial era adopted the occidental culture. It is because that was when the western style leisure, in the name of ‘modernity’, was introduced to Korea (mainly to elite group though) in full force. But, the concept ‘modernity’ was spread into Korean people’s daily life often in a more twisted fashion, and westernized leisure patterns became rooted in Korean society by Japanese transformation. Especially, the Intelligentsia came to recognize the superiority of the occidental leisure to Korean one. In other words, the modernity went through ‘Acculturation’, as transformed through Japanese-style orientalism. As a consequence, the Korean modern-leisure pattern was formed with complex relations among modernity and Japanese colonialism, which appeared to have influenced even today’s Korean leisure and tour patterns.

Work time reduction is one of the pending issues in social debate in Korea, and Schor and Cross' notion of 'time and money' provides an apt framework for analysis on this topic. While increased productivity made possible both increased income and reduction of work time, historically the distribution of productivity gains has been heavily biased toward the former. And behind the win of money over time, according to thinkers like Schor and Cross, is the growth-centered value system and strong consumer culture of modern industrialized society. Such an argument signifies that at the core of the debate of work time reduction is the issue of economic growth rather than such issues as quality of life and work sharing. In other words, while the debate of work time reduction in Korea has focused on the latter issues, the real progress in the reduction of work time could be achieved when we are willing to compromise economic growth. as the most important public objective. Work time reduction, however, does not merely mean some quantitative change in a narrow facet of our life but rather fundamental changes in our actions and values and social institution in general. Social debate of work time reduction should include such considerations.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among leisure identity, self-as-entertainment capacity, and leisure satisfaction. Three hundred nine urban park visitors in Seoul were surveyed in the study. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, reliability test, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Additionally, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was also used to examine the relationships between the measurement variables using the AMOS 18.0 program. The findings indicate that leisure identity had a significant effect on leisure satisfaction. There is also a positive, significant relationship between leisure identity and self-as-entertainment capacity; and a positive, significant relationship between self-as-entertainment capacity and leisure satisfaction was found in this study. The SEM results identify the structural relationships among leisure identity, self-as-entertainment capacity, and leisure satisfaction. Future studies are a necessary to understand the hypothesized model of relationships between measurement variables from qualitative and longitudinal approaches.