Entrepreneurship education: How psychological, demographic and behavioural factors predict the entrepreneurial intention

Education and Training

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 657-672

  Marques, Carla S ^a   Ferreira, João J ^b   Gomes, Daniela N ^c   Rodrigues, Ricardo Gouveia ^b  

^a Universidade de Trás os Montes e Alto Douro   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Politcnico do Cvado e do Ave   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Curricula; Entrepreneurial intention; Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurship education; Portugal; Secondary school teaching; Secondary schools; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869433048     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911211274819     Document Type: Article

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