Performance-based vs socially supportive culture: A cross-national study of descriptive norms and entrepreneurship

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1347-1364

  Stephan, Ute ^a   Uhlaner, Lorraine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

comparative entrepreneurship; descriptive norms; GLOBE; institutional theory; national culture; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957981091     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2010.14     Document Type: Article

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