Increasing personal initiative in small business managers or owners leads to entrepreneurial success: A theory-based controlled randomized field intervention for evidence-based management

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 354-379

  Glaub, Matthias E ^a   Frese, Michael ^b   Fischer, Sebastian ^c   Hoppe, Maria ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84907914446     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2013.0234     Document Type: Article

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