Entrepreneurial motivation

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-279

  Shane, Scott ^a   Locke, Edwin A ^a   Collins, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b and History   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Human motivation; Need for achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037845297     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4822(03)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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