‘We havent’ got a seat on the bus for you’ or ‘all the seats are mine’: Narratives and career transition in professional golf

Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-66

  Carless, David ^a   Douglas, Kitrina ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career transition; Elite sport; Golf; Identity; Narrative; Retirement; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449418428     PISSN: 19398441     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398440802567949     Document Type: Article

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