The role of intuition in entrepreneurship and business venturing decisions

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 212-225

  Sadler Smith, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision making; dual process; dual system; entrepreneurship; intuition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955674952     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2015.1029046     Document Type: Article

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