Exploring the motivations of tourism social entrepreneurs: The role of a national tourism policy as a motivator for social entrepreneurial activity in Ireland

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1137-1154

  Mottiar, Ziene ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial motivations; Entrepreneurs; Ireland; Social entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975060425     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-06-2014-0278     Document Type: Article

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