Increasing entrepreneurial intention: Effective entrepreneurship course characteristics

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-74

  Mueller, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavioural control; Course characteristics; Effectiveness; Entrepreneurial intention; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship education; Pedagogy; Subjective norms; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957689736     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2011.040416     Document Type: Article

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