Who takes the lead? Social network analysis as a pioneering tool to investigate shared leadership within sports teams

Social Networks

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-38

  Fransen, Katrien ^a   Van Puyenbroeck, Stef ^a   Loughead, Todd M ^b   Vanbeselaere, Norbert ^a   De Cuyper, Bert ^a   Vande Broek, Gert ^a   Boen, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athlete leadership; Coaching; Informal leadership; Leadership roles; Peer leaders; Team captain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928683642     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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