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Go-getter, hamstrung, and yesteryear managers of older Australians' leisure organisations
Author(s)	Rick Swindell, Claire Mayhew
Journal title	Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 17, no 1, February 1998
Pages	pp 29-32
Keywords	Managers ; Social roles ; Engagement ; Clubs ; Group activities ; Australia.
Annotation	Participation in leisure organisations is important to the well-being of many retired Australians, but the success of such groups is highly variable. This study argues that the long-term survival of an organisation is determined by a manager's capacity to adapt to changing demands and social circumstances; and it investigates the role of managers in a range of leisure organisations and how they react to change. Three quite different managerial styles were found: `go-getters', whose groups prosper; `the hamstrung', whose groups are struggling because of external or internal group influences; and `yesteryear' managers, whose groups are unlikely to survive. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980511008 A
Classmark	T6: TM5: DN: HY: HW: 7YA
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