Entrepreneurial attitude and entrepreneurial efficacy of technical secondary school students

Journal of Vocational Education and Training

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-366

  Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope ^a   Bagheri, Afsaneh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial attitude; Entrepreneurial efficacy; Malaysia; Technical school students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960361942     PISSN: 13636820     EISSN: 17475090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13636820.2010.509806     Document Type: Article

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