The career identities of 'mumpreneurs': Women's experiences of combining enterprise and motherhood

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 629-651

  Duberley, Joanne ^a   Carrigan, Marylyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

enterprise; identity; motherhood; mumpreneur; narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883323952     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242611435182     Document Type: Article

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