The impact of college entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial attitudes and intention to start a business in Uganda

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-144

  Byabashaija, Warren ^a   Katono, Isaac ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^b UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

entrepreneurial attitudes; Entrepreneurial intentions; social subjective norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957479196     PISSN: 10849467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1084946711001768     Document Type: Article

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