Skill and value perceptions: How do they affect entrepreneurial intentions?

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-272

  Liñán, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive models; Entrepreneurial intention; Entrepreneurship; Self perceptions; Structural models

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749124923     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-008-0093-0     Document Type: Article

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