Sustainability of Success in Sports Teams: Who Will Be the Captain?
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Data Collection Tool
2.3. Data Collection Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
2.5. Validity and Reliability Strategies
3. Results
3.1. Theme 1: Tasks of the Team Captain
3.2. Theme 2: Personality Traits of the Team Captain
3.3. Theme 3: Determination of the Team Captain
3.4. Theme 4: The Team Captaincy Process
3.5. Theme 5: Termination of the Team Captaincy
4. Discussion and Conclusions
4.1. Theme 1: Tasks of the Team Captain
4.2. Theme 2: Personality Traits of the Team Captain
4.3. Theme 3: Determination of the Team Captain
4.4. Theme 4: The Team Captaincy Process and Theme 5: Termination of the Team Captaincy
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gökduman, Ç.; Kartal, M.; Temel, C.; Toros, T.; Esen, T. Sustainability of Success in Sports Teams: Who Will Be the Captain? Sustainability 2023, 15, 4316. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054316
Gökduman Ç, Kartal M, Temel C, Toros T, Esen T. Sustainability of Success in Sports Teams: Who Will Be the Captain? Sustainability. 2023; 15(5):4316. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054316
Chicago/Turabian StyleGökduman, Çiğdem, Mehmet Kartal, Cenk Temel, Turhan Toros, and Tolga Esen. 2023. "Sustainability of Success in Sports Teams: Who Will Be the Captain?" Sustainability 15, no. 5: 4316. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054316
APA StyleGökduman, Ç., Kartal, M., Temel, C., Toros, T., & Esen, T. (2023). Sustainability of Success in Sports Teams: Who Will Be the Captain? Sustainability, 15(5), 4316. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054316