Scientists' transition to academic entrepreneurship: Economic and psychological determinants

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 628-641

  Goethner, Maximilian ^a   Obschonka, Martin ^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; Human capital; Occupational choice; Social capital; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857641008     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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