Explaining entrepreneurial intentions by means of the theory of planned behaviour

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 538-559

  Van Gelderen, Marco ^a   Brand, Maryse ^b   Van Praag, Mirjam ^c   Bodewes, Wynand ^d   Poutsma, Erik ^e   Van Gils, Anita ^f  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Business formation; Careers; Entrepreneurialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949084016     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810901688     Document Type: Article

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