Entrepreneurial Behavior in Organizations: Does Job Design Matter?

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 981-995

  de Jong, Jeroen P J ^a   Parker, Sharon K ^b   Wennekers, Sander ^c   Wu, Chia Huei ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84934441959     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12084     Document Type: Article

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