The idea is not enough: The role of self-efficacy in mediating the relationship between pull entrepreneurship and founder passion – a research note

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 974-984

  Dalborg, Cecilia ^a   Wincent, Joakim ^b,c  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

entrepreneur; nascent entrepreneurship; passion; pull push entrepreneurship; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945126708     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242614543336     Document Type: Article

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