Social identity and the transition to entrepreneurship: The role of group identification with workplace peers

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-147

  Obschonka, Martin ^a   Goethner, Maximilian ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a   Cantner, Uwe ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial intentions; Group identification; Opportunity recognition; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255185259     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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