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A Stakeholder Perspective on Ethical Leadership in Sport: Bridging the Gap Between the Normative and Descriptive Lines of Inquiry

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|Dec 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.543 | Journal eISSN: 0033-2879
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 27, 2020
Accepted on: Nov 15, 2020
Published on: Dec 14, 2020
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