Characteristics of volunteering in UK sport: Lessons from cricket

Managing Leisure

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 220-238

  Coleman, Richard ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009573427     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360671022000013710     Document Type: Article

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