Effects of Team Building on Exercise Adherence and Group Task Satisfaction in a Youth Activity Setting

Group Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-172

  Bruner, Mark W ^a   Spink, Kevin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise adherence; Group task satisfaction; Intervention; Team building; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958746294     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021257     Document Type: Article

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