Deinstitutionalising the Amateur Ethic: An Empirical Examination of Change in a Rugby Union Football Club

Sport Management Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-42

  O'Brien, Danny ^a   Slack, Trevor ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002117068     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1441-3523(99)70088-4     Document Type: Article

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