Outdoor Leadership Skills: A Program Perspective

Journal of Experiential Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Shooter, Wynn ^a   Sibthorp, Jim ^b   Paisley, Karen ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal Skills; Outdoor Leadership Skills; Program Administration; Technical Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855964156     PISSN: 10538259     EISSN: 2169009X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105382590903200102     Document Type: Article

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