Student intentions to become self-employed: The Ukrainian context

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 441-460

  Solesvik, Marina Z ^a   Westhead, Paul ^b   Kolvereid, Lars ^c   Matlay, Harry ^d  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Bodø School of Business   (Norway)

^d BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterprise education; Entrepreneurial event theory; Entrepreneurial intentions; Self employed workers; Structural equation modelling; Students; Theory of planned behaviour; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865107504     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001211250153     Document Type: Article

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