Effects of theoretical contribution, methodological rigor, and journal quality, on the impact of scale development articles in the field of entrepreneurship

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-36

  Kuskova, Valentina V ^a   Podsakoff, Nathan P ^b   Podsakoff, Philip M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Article impact; Journal quality; Methodological rigor; Scale development; Theoretical contribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867613308     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.105     Document Type: Article

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