The global sports-media nexus: Reflections on the 'Super League saga' in Australia

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 383-416

  McGaughey, Sara L ^a   Liesch, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0036588593     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00297     Document Type: Review

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