The role of athlete narcissism in moderating the relationship between coaches' transformational leader behaviors and athlete motivation

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-19

  Arthur, Calum Alexander ^a   Woodman, Tim ^a   Ong, Chin Wei ^a   Hardy, Lew ^a   Ntoumanis, Nikos ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership; Multilevel analyses; Narcissism; Personality; Sport; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951718678     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.33.1.3     Document Type: Article

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