The effectiveness of coping strategies used by entrepreneurs and their impact on personal well-being and venture performance

Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci / Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-220

  Drnovšek, Mateja ^a   Örtqvist, Daniel ^b   Wincent, Joakim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Emotion based coping; Entrepreneur; Problem based coping; Roles; Venture performance; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650630817     PISSN: 13318004     EISSN: 18467520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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