Rule-breaking, crime, and entrepreneurship: A replication and extension study with 37-year longitudinal data

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 386-396

  Obschonka, Martin ^a   Andersson, Håkan ^b   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a   Sverke, Magnus ^c,d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Crime; Entrepreneurial development; Entrepreneurship; Rule breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887158014     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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