Patterns of entrepreneurial career development: An optimal matching analysis approach

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 177-187

  Zacher, Hannes ^a   Biemann, Torsten ^b   Gielnik, Michael M ^c   Frese, Michael ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

employment patterns; Entrepreneurship; optimal matching analysis; personality; self employment; socio economic panel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879809910     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2012-12111     Document Type: Article

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