Gender, self-employment and weak-tie networking through formal organizations

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-198

  A Katz, Jerome ^a   M Williams, Pamela ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female entrepreneurs; Gender issues.; Networking; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042800003     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629700000010     Document Type: Article

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