Entrepreneurial self-efficacy and business start-up: Developing a multi-dimensional definition

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-348

  Drnovšek, Mateja ^a   Wincent, Joakim ^b   Cardon, Melissa S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business formation; Cognition; Entrepreneurialism; Self actualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953586741     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552551011054516     Document Type: Article

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