The influence of socio-cultural environments on the performance of nascent entrepreneurs: Community culture, motivation, self-efficacy and start-up success

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 24, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 917-945

  Hopp, Christian ^a   Stephan, Ute ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cultural norms; culture; endogeneity; entrepreneurial process; motivation; person culture fit; PSED II; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; DATA SET; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENTREPRENEUR; PREDICTION;

EID: 84870935122     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2012.742326     Document Type: Article

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