Individual entrepreneurial orientation: Development of a measurement instrument

Education and Training

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 219-233

  Bolton, Dawn Langkamp ^a   Lane, Michelle D ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial intention; Entrepreneurialism; Individual behaviour; Individual entrepreneurial orientation; Measure development; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859492175     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911211210314     Document Type: Article

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