Performance leadership and management in elite sport: Recommendations, advice and suggestions from national performance directors

European Sport Management Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-336

  Arnold, Rachel ^a   Fletcher, David ^a   Molyneux, Lindsay ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

athletic; governance; Olympic; organisation; psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864681852     PISSN: 16184742     EISSN: 1746031X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2012.693115     Document Type: Article

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