Athletes' perceptions of the sources of role ambiguity

Small Group Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-403

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athletes; Group dynamics; Roles; Sport; Team

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944475801     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496404268533     Document Type: Article

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