The motivation of women entrepreneurs in Singapore

Women in Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 18-29

  Lee, Jean ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Motivation; Singapore; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043525     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649429610112574     Document Type: Article

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