United Arab Emirates female entrepreneurs: Motivations and frustrations

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 409-424

  Itani, Hanifa ^a   Sidani, Yusuf M ^a   Baalbaki, Imad ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Arab; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Middle East; United Arab Emirates; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959976737     PISSN: 20407149     EISSN: 17587093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02610151111150654     Document Type: Article

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