An individual's motivation to become entrepreneur: Evidences from a mineral based economy

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-127

  Garg, A K ^a   Matshediso, I B ^b   Garg, Deepti ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Diamond cutting; Entrepreneurship; Locus of control; Mineral economy; Motivation; NAch; Opportunity recognition; PLS; Risk taking; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649833909     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2011.037343     Document Type: Article

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