Entrepreneurial competencies: Assessment and predictive value for entrepreneurship

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-25

  Kyndt, Eva ^a   Baert, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Competencies; Entrepreneurship; Instrument development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938152211     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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