Using consensus as a criterion for groupness: Implications for the cohesion-group succes relationship

Small Group Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 466-491

  Carron, Albert V ^a   Brawley, Lawrence R ^b   Bray, Steven R ^c   Eys, Mark A ^a   Dorsch, Kim D ^d   Estabrooks, Paul A ^e   Hall, Craig R ^a   Hardy, James ^a   Hausenblas, Heather ^f,k   Madison, Ralph ^g   Paskevich, David M ^h   Patterson, Michelle M ^a   Prapavessis, Harry ^g   Spink, Kevin S ⁱ   Terry, Peter C ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k Exercise Psychology Laboratory   (United States)

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Author keywords

Consensus; Group environment questionnaire; Index of agreement; Sport teams; Task type; Team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342977146     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496404263923     Document Type: Article

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