Post materialist values and entrepreneurship: a multilevel approach

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 266-282

  Morales, Carlos E ^a   Holtschlag, Claudia ^b  

^a EADA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Individual level; Postmaterialism; Values; World Value Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878173618     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552551311330174     Document Type: Article

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