Promotion- and Prevention-Focused Networking and Its Consequences for Entrepreneurial Success

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-12

  Pollack, Jeffrey M ^a   Forster, William R ^b   Johnson, Paul D ^c   Coy, Anthony ^d   Molden, Daniel C ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Anderson University South Carolina   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

entrepreneur; networking; prevention; promotion; psychology; regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919430585     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550614543030     Document Type: Article

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