The influence of personality traits and persuasive messages on entrepreneurial intention: A cross-cultural comparison

Career Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 382-396

  De Pillis, Emmeline ^a   Reardon, Kathleen K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Decision making; Entrepreneurialism; Ireland; Personality; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250859097     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430710756762     Document Type: Article

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