A Cross-Cultural Approach to Understanding Entrepreneurial Intention

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-185

  Moriano, Juan A ^a   Gorgievski, Marjan ^b   Laguna, Mariola ^c   Stephan, Ute ^d   Zarafshani, Kiumars ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

attitudes; culture; entrepreneurship; intention; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857564693     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: 15560856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845310384481     Document Type: Review

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