Danger zone entrepreneurs: The importance of resilience and self-efficacy for entrepreneurial intentions

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 473-499

  Bullough, Amanda ^a   Renko, Maija ^b   Myatt, Tamara ^c  

^a THUNDERBIRD SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c KABUL UNIVERSITY   (Afghanistan)

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EID: 84898037747     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12006     Document Type: Article

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