Who wants to be an entrepreneur? Young adult attitudes to entrepreneurship as a career

Career Development International

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 279-287

  Henderson, Roger ^a   Robertson, Martyn ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Entrepreneurs; Higher education; Roles; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986052349     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430010373755     Document Type: Article

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