Positive Organizational Psychology in Sport: An Ethnography of Organizational Functioning in a National Sport Organization

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-47

  Wagstaff, Christopher ^a   Fletcher, David ^b   Hanton, Sheldon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855430207     PISSN: 10413200     EISSN: 15331571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2011.589423     Document Type: Article

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