Testing alternative measures of subjective norms in entrepreneurial intention models

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-50

  Heuer, Annamária ^a   Liñán, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial intention; Entrepreneurship; Intention models; Measurement; Measures; SEM; Structural equation modelling; Subjective norm; Theory of planned behaviour; TPB

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878844061     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2013.054310     Document Type: Review

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