Organizational stress in competitive sport: More than we bargained for?

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 273-283

  Hanton, Sheldon ^a   Fletcher, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied implications; Future research; Stressor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644746233     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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