Developing an entrepreneurial typology: The roles of entrepreneurial alertness and attributional style

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-294

  Tang, Jintong ^a   Tang, Zhi ^b   Lohrke, Franz T ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution theory; Entrepreneurial alertness; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749154485     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-007-0041-4     Document Type: Article

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