Cognitions and motivations for new venture creation decisions: Linking expert scripts to self-efficacy, a South African study

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1512-1530

  Urban, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial cognitions; Mastery scripts; Motivation; Self efficacy venture creation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954417055     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.488457     Document Type: Article

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