A review of team roles in sport

Literature Reviews in Sport Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 227-255

  Eys, Mark A ^a   Beauchamp, Mark R ^b   Bray, Steven R ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Role acceptance; Role ambiguity; Role conflict; Role efficacy; Role overload; Role performance; Role satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349105266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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