A case study of excellence in elite sport motivational climate in a world champion team

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-74

  Hodge, Ken ^a   Henry, Graham ^b   Smith, Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Research and Injury Prevention   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

All backs rugby team; Atonomy supportive coaching climate; Eotional intelligence; Mstery climate; Tansformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897944882     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: 15432793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.2013-0037     Document Type: Article

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