Individual factors affecting entrepreneurship in Hispanics

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 755-772

  Canedo, Julio C ^a   Stone, Dianna L ^b   Black, Stephanie L ^c   Lukaszewski, Kimberly M ^d  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business success; Cultural values; Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurial process; Hispanic; Individual factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927517809     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-11-2012-0333     Document Type: Article

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