Entrepreneurial Initiative Selling within Organizations: Towards a More Comprehensive Motivational Framework

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1269-1290

  De Clercq, Dirk ^a   Castañer, Xavier ^b   Belausteguigoitia, Imanol ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 79960714582     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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