Becoming an entrepreneur - A question of personality structure?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 157-177

  Brandstätter, Hermann ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attribution; Business; Entrepreneurship; Human sex differences; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031115869     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(97)00003-2     Document Type: Article

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