Female entrepreneurs' personal characteristics and motivation: A review of the Greek situation

Women in Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-36

  Sarri, Katerina ^a   Trihopoulou, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Greece; Motivation (psychology); Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644371262     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420510579559     Document Type: Review

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