Examining the entrepreneurial attitudes of US business students

Education and Training

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 568-581

  Harris, Michael L ^a   Gibson, Shanan G ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Education; Entrepreneurs; Gender; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449119582     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810909036     Document Type: Article

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