Pushed or pulled? Women's entry into self-employment and small business ownership

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-454

  Hughes, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic restructuring; Entrepreneurship; Self employment; Small business

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; LABOR MARKET; SELF EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0042631076     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00205     Document Type: Article

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