Entrepreneurial intention and career choices: The role of volition

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 717-728

  Nyock Ilouga, S ^a   Nyock Mouloungni, A C ^b   Sahut, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Career; Entrepreneurial intention; Entrepreneurial project; Entrepreneurship; Theory of planned behavior; Volition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896403668     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9524-6     Document Type: Article

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