Students climbing the entrepreneurial ladder: Family social capital and environment-related motives in hospitality and tourism

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1115-1136

  Campopiano, Giovanna ^a   Minola, Tommaso ^b   Sainaghi, Ruggero ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^c IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial ladder; Entrepreneurship; Environmental mission; Family embeddedness; Family social capital; GUESSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975034827     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-05-2014-0236     Document Type: Article

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