Social capital and the willingness to become self-employed

International Studies of Management and Organization

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 33-64

  Moog, Petra ^a   Backes Gellner, Uschi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 68349105187     PISSN: 00208825     EISSN: 15580911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/IMO0020-8825390202     Document Type: Article

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