Team cohesion: From theory to research to team building

Literature Reviews in Sport Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 257-287

  Loughead, Todd M ^a   Hardy, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Cohesion performance relationship; Group environment questionnaire; Team building

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649107784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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