Does communication mediate the athlete leadership to cohesion relationship?

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-345

  Hardy, James ^a,d   Eys, Mark A ^b   Loughead, Todd M ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group dynamics; Peer leadership; Sport teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549090208     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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