Challenging the female underperformance hypothesis

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-129

  Zolin, Roxanne ^a   Stuetzer, Michael ^a   Watson, John ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Business performance; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship education and training; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879129648     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566261311328819     Document Type: Article

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