Does entrepreneurial self-efficacy distinguish entrepreneurs from managers?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 295-316

  Chen, Chao C ^a   Greene, Patricia Gene ^a   Crick, Ann ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000384657     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(97)00029-3     Document Type: Article

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