Gender and entrepreneurship as a career choice: Do self-assessments of ability matter?

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-304

  Thébaud, Sarah ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; gender; self assessments of ability; status characteristics theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649284839     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272510377882     Document Type: Article

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