The Regulatory Fit of Serial Entrepreneurship Intentions

Applied Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 605-627

  Simmons, Sharon A ^a   Carr, Jon C ^b   Hsu, Dan K ^c   Shu, Cheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84963595311     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apps.12070     Document Type: Article

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