Women's self-employment: An act of institutional (dis)integration? A multilevel, cross-country study

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 474-488

  Klyver, Kim ^a   Nielsen, Suna Løwe ^a   Evald, Majbritt Rostgaard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Embedded agency; Gender equality; Institutional theory; Mead; Women's entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878016165     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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