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Research Reflections

Research Reflections Leisure Research in a Global World: Time to Reverse the Western Domination in Leisure Research?

Yoshitaka Iwasaki Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
,
Hitoshi Nishino Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan
,
Tetsuya Onda Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan
&
Christopher Bowling Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Pages 113-117 | Published online: 24 Feb 2007
 
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Notes

1The term, western is used here from geographic and cultural aspects, which portray the reality of power imbalance between west and east.

2The first author of this reflection piece was born and raised in Japan and now works in North America. The second and third authors were also born and raised in Japan but completed graduate degrees in USA or UK, respectively, and then came back to Japan and work there. The fourth author was born and raised in USA and had worked in Japan for the last several years.

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