Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the determinants of success of elite athletes by applying the concept of career success to a sporting context. The concept of career success includes extrinsic (i.e. tangible) career accomplishments like medals as well as intrinsic factors...

It is important for a team whether it is good or bad for the common weal when a certain individual joins. this will depend on the aims of that team and the qualities of that individual. In this article criteria will be developed which are concerned with this problem. Based on the evaluations of...