Proactive and reactive plots: Narratives in entrepreneurial identity construction

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-235

  Bjursell, Cecilia ^a   Melin, Leif ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial identity; Entrepreneurialism; Family firms; Metaphors; Narratives; Sweden; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018683     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566261111169313     Document Type: Article

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