The Psychology of Entrepreneurship

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 413-438

  Frese, Michael ^a,b   Gielnik, Michael M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective; Business creation; Business success; Cognitive; Motivational; Psychological constructs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930339956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23270608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-031413-091326     Document Type: Review

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