Stepping Outside the Lines: Developing a Multi-dimensional Team Identity Scale Based on Social Identity Theory

Sport Management Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-91

  Heere, Bob ^a   James, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a Cruyff Academics International ^*

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

measurement; scale development; social identity theory; team identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 51949108920     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1441-3523(07)70004-9     Document Type: Article

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