Assessing the organisational and individual strengths use and deficit improvement amongst sport coaches

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2 SPL, 2013, Pages

  Stander, Frederick W ^a   Mostert, Karina ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84889793056     PISSN: 02585200     EISSN: 20710763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v39i2.1160     Document Type: Article

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