Entrepreneurial behaviour in the Greek public sector

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-38

  Zampetakis, Leonidas A ^a   Moustakis, Vassilis ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Employees; Entrepreneurialism; Greece; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846055122     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550710725165     Document Type: Article

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