An examination of the relationship between athlete leadership and cohesion using social network analysis

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 2063-2073

  Loughead, Todd M ^a   Fransen, Katrien ^b   Van Puyenbroeck, Stef ^b   Hoffmann, Matt D ^a   De Cuyper, Bert ^b   Vanbeselaere, Norbert ^b   Boen, Filip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Athlete leadership; cohesion; leadership; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL NETWORK; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCCER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORT; VOLLEYBALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCCER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VOLLEYBALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959048804     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1150601     Document Type: Article

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