Gender, age and self-employment: Some things change, some stay the same

Women in Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-135

  Walker, Elizabeth A ^a   Webster, Beverley J ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age groups; Gender; Motivation (psychology); Self employed workers; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847130069     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420710732088     Document Type: Article

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