Sport involvement: A conceptual and empirical analysis

Sport Management Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-140

  Beaton, Anthony A ^a   Funk, Daniel C ^a   Ridinger, Lynn ^b   Jordan, Jeremy ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Involvement; Segmentation; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955622272     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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