Leisure constraints and participant intention among Vietnamese migrant laborers in Taiwan: The role of leisure motivation and cross-cultural adaptation

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between leisure constraints and participation intention, as well as the mediating role of leisure motivation and the moderating role of cross-cultural adaptation. Three hundred and sixty-eight Vietnamese migrant laborers in Taiwan participated in the study. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data, and structural equation modeling was used to test the hypotheses. The results show that leisure constraints were negatively associated with leisure participation intention, although leisure motivation and cross-cultural adaptation were positively associated. Furthermore, leisure motivation mediated the relationship between leisure constraints and participation intention. Moreover, cross-cultural adaptation emerged as a moderator in the interactions between leisure constraints and participation intention, and leisure motivation and participation intention. This study demonstrates the significance of these results for theory, practice, and policy, emphasizing the necessity of addressing leisure constraints and encouraging leisure motivation and cross-cultural adaptation to increase migrant workers’ leisure participation.