Businessman or host? Individual differences between entrepreneurs and small business owners in the hospitality industry

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1513-1527

  Wagener, Stephanie ^a   Gorgievski, Marjan ^a   Rijsdijk, Serge ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business success; Entrepreneurship; Job performance; Personality characteristics; Small business owners

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; FIRM OWNERSHIP; SERVICE SECTOR; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954275810     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060802624324     Document Type: Article

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