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The Work-Leisure Relationship: Evidence for the Compensatory Hypothesis

Lynn E. Miller

La Salle College

Richard M. Weiss

Department of Business Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711.

Research has generally found positive relationships between work and leisure, such that people choose leisure activities involving the same psychological, social, and behavioral skills as their work. The present study argues, however, that negative relationships may also occur, with individuals sometimes compensating for work deficiencies through leisure activities. Evidence is presented showing that individuals with low occupational status are more likely to stress the importance of prize winning in leisure than individuals with high status. Since low- and high-status individuals did not differ in their abilities actually to win prizes, the results are attributed to the desire of low-status individuals to compensate for lack of occupational status through leisure achievement.

Human Relations, Vol. 35, No. 9, 763-771 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/001872678203500905
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