"This Place Makes me Proud to be a Woman": Theoretical explanations for success in entrepreneurship education for low-income women

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-64

  Godwyn, Mary ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Gender; Middleman minority theory; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849115281     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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