Leadership preferences of mentally tough athletes

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-330

  Crust, Lee ^a   Azadi, Kayvon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenge; Commitment; Confidence; Control; Leadership behaviours

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349244355     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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