Entrepreneurship psychology: a review

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 743-768

  Omorede, Adesuwa ^a   Thorgren, Sara ^a   Wincent, Joakim ^a,b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Cognition; Emotions; Entrepreneur; New ventures; Personality; Psychology; Review; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946497856     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-014-0307-6     Document Type: Article

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