Leadership behaviors and multidimensional role ambiguity perceptions in team sports

Small Group Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-20

  Beauchamp, Mark R ^a   Bray, Steven R ^b   Eys, Mark A ^c   Carron, Albert V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coaching; Role stress; Starting status; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444291581     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496404266684     Document Type: Article

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