A review of current construct measurement in entrepreneurship

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-398

  Crook, T Russell ^a   Shook, Christopher L ^b   Madden, Timothy M ^a   Morris, M Lane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct measurement; Review; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249235341     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-009-0114-7     Document Type: Article

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