How confident are you to win your fantasy league: Exploring the antecedents and consequences of winning expectancy

Journal of Sport Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 416-433

  Kwak, Dae Hee ^a   Lim, Choong Hoon ^a   Lee, Woo Young ^b   Mahan III, Joseph ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78049308080     PISSN: 08884773     EISSN: 1543270X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsm.24.4.416     Document Type: Article

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