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[email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ The art of face-saving and culture-changing: sculpting Chinese football’s past, present and future Chris Stride and Layne Vandenberg Chris Stride, IWP, SUMS, Conduit Road, University of Sheffield, S10 1FL
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[email protected] +1 616 9141822 Dr Chris Stride is a senior lecturer and statistician, based at the Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, combining academic research with peripatetic consultancy and training.