Australian Elite Athlete Development: An Organisational Perspective

Sport Management Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 137-148

  Shilbury, David ^b  

^a Popi)   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elite athletes; Pathways; Sport development; Stakeholders; Talent identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349128294     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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