Role of the Leisure Attributes of Shared Bicycles in Promoting Leisure Benefits and Quality of Life

Sunwoo Park,Won Seok Lee,Chulmo Koo,Hyejin Yoon

doi:10.3390/su13020739

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Given that the use of shared economic resources has increased for leisure, the main goal of the present study is to investigate the influence of the leisure attributes of the sharing economy on leisure benefits and quality of life. For this, the related sub-factors were derived for the verification of the sharing economy’s leisure attributes. Next, the sub-components of the concept were integrated and analyzed using a second confirmatory factor analysis. The results of a study using the structural equation model demonstrated that the sharing economy’s leisure attributes statistically affect the four levels of leisure benefits (i.e., social, physical, personal, and psychological benefits). We also identified two (social and psychological benefits) out of four leisure benefits that ultimately affect quality of life. This study is meaningful in that it elucidates the relationships between the sharing economy’s leisure attributes, leisure benefits, and quality of life.

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The sharing economy is based on a collaborative model of consumption in which resources are shared and used together [1]
The bike-sharing system of Seoul is a promising method for extending the impact of the sharing economy from the private andismarket sectorsmethod into the public space
The bike-sharing system of Seoul a promising for extending impact of the sharing goal of environmental sustainability offering sectors an enjoyable leisure activity thatIt meets the economy from the privatewhile and market into the public space

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The sharing economy is based on a collaborative model of consumption in which resources are shared and used together [1]. Specific examples include information and communication technologies (ICTs), including the internet, wireless networks, social networking services, smartphones, computers, and other media applications, which encourage individuals to access, transmit, retrieve, and store information in a digital format and to share their opinions and experiences in various ways. The sharing economy has attracted attention as an alternative path to sustainable growth, and interest in the sharing economy is steadily increasing in various fields [2]. The sharing economy is on the rise in the leisure and tourism industries, where various shared economy tourism platforms, such as Airbnb, Couchsurfing, and Feastly, are becoming increasingly popular and complementary, and are rapidly changing the structure of the industry [3]. Since 2008, Airbnb has provided an online platform that enables individuals to share their homes and rooms with vacation guests. Airbnb reported that a total of 17 million guests stayed in Airbnb host locations throughout the world during the summer of 2015, it had a revenue of more than USD 2.6 billion and employed over 3000 people in 2017, and there were over 650,000 Airbnb hosts worldwide and about

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