Dyslexic entrepreneurs: The incidence; their coping strategies and their business skills

Dyslexia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-346

  Logan, Julie ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensatory skills; Dyslexia; Education; Entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ART; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMMERCE; COMMUNICATION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEADERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70350755726     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.388     Document Type: Article

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