South Koreans’ life expectancy has dramatically increased over the last four decades. However, the life satisfaction index of older Korean adults has been in the bottom third globally. The large majority of older Koreans spend most of the day watching television at home. However, concrete evidence regarding the effects of leisure involvement on older adults’ quality of later life is scant. Only a few existing studies have examined the link via cross-sectional survey data. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether meaningful leisure participation outside the home in older age plays an essential role in improving life satisfaction. To achieve the research aim, nationally representative panel data from the Korea Employment Information Service were used for the data analysis. The results indicated that social and productive leisure participation in religious activity, social gatherings, and volunteering was significantly related to quality of life in older adults. Moreover, frequent participation in travel and cultural activities outside the home were positively related to life satisfaction. These findings suggest that participation in meaningful leisure activities is a critical factor contributing to subjective well-being and good mental health in older Korean adults and should be encouraged.

This study proposed a structural model capturing the exhibitor’s internal resources, a trade show (TS) outputs and domestic market and international export performance derived from the conceptual framework underpinning the resource-based theory. Longitudinal analysis is applied to determine how TS output affects market performance over time after the conclusion of the TS. The results showed that the exhibitor’s resources partially affected TS output and market performance and that TS output influenced market performance differently over time after the TS ended. By providing a better understanding of market performance in a TS context, this paper enriches research on TS issues.