Robustness of the theory of planned behavior in predicting entrepreneurial intentions and actions

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 655-674

  Kautonen, Teemu ^a,b   van Gelderen, Marco ^c   Fink, Matthias ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84921768062     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12056     Document Type: Article

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