Passing Up the Job: The Role of Gendered Organizations and Families in the Entrepreneurial Career Process

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 269-287

  Thébaud, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84959467533     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12222     Document Type: Article

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