Tourism students' entrepreneurial intentions

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 646-669

  Gurel, Eda ^a   Altinay, Levent ^b   Daniele, Roberto ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial traits; Intention; Socio cultural background

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; PHILOSOPHY; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; TOURISM; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

TURKEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952885919     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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