Understanding the Changing Nature of Sports Organisations in Transforming Societies

Sport Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-50

  Girginov, Vassil ^a   Sandanski, Ivan ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Sports Academy V Levski   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

change; national sport organisations; transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749089337     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1441-3523(08)70102-5     Document Type: Article

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