Globalisation and the evolving player-agent relationship in professional sport

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 93-109

  Mason, Daniel S ^a   Duquette, Gregory H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conflicts of interest; Endorsements; Globalisation; Player agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747752532     PISSN: 14758962     EISSN: 17402808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2005.007123     Document Type: Review

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