Exploring gender differences in attitudes of university students towards entrepreneurship: An international survey

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 316-336

  Dabic, Marina ^a   Daim, Tugrul ^b   Bayraktaroglu, Elvan ^c   Novak, Ivan ^a   Basic, Maja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Education and training; Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Perceived desirability; Perceived feasibility; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879180978     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566261211264172     Document Type: Article

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