Now you see them, now you don't: Gender differences in entrepreneurship

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 811-832

  Malach Pines, Ayala ^a   Schwartz, Dafna ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Gender differences; Perception; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649132312     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940810896358     Document Type: Article

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