Does similarity make a difference? Predicting cohesion and attendance behaviors within exercise group settings

Group Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-266

  Dunlop, William L ^a   Beauchamp, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attendance; Cohesion; Exercise groups; Perceptual similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052906871     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023642     Document Type: Article

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