Occupational devotion, as defined by Robert A. Stebbins, is a strong and positive attachment to a form of self-enhancing work, where the sense of achievement is high and the core activity, or set of tasks, is endowed with such intense appeal that the line between work and leisure is virtually erased

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Occupational Devotion and Occupational Devotees 2. Protestant Ethic, Work Ethic, and Occupational Devotion 3. Gender, Family, Social Class, and Social Character 4. Serious Leisure 5. Erasing the Line between Work and Leisure 6. Work, Leisure, and Money in Everyday Life 7. Common Ground in Separate Worlds: Some Implications References Index