The role of domination in newcomers' legitimation as entrepreneurs

Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 799-827

  de Clercq, Dirk ^a   Voronov, Maxim ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Capital; Domination; Doxa; Entrepreneur; Field; Habitus; Illusio; Legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350783941     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508409337580     Document Type: Article

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