Influences of gendered institutions on women's entry into entrepreneurship

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 478-502

  Pathak, Saurav ^a   Goltz, Sonia ^a   Buche, Mari W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural context; Entrepreneurialism; Gendered institutions; Multi level research; Self efficacy; Women; Women's entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880851489     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEBR-09-2011-0115     Document Type: Article

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