Gender effects on entrepreneurial intention: A meta-analytical structural equation model

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-156

  Haus, Inga ^a   Steinmetz, Holger ^a   Isidor, Rodrigo ^a   Kabst, Rüdiger ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial intention; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Meta analysis; Self employment; Theory of planned behaviour; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879145568     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566261311328828     Document Type: Article

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