Formal entrepreneurial mentoring: The efficacy of third party managed programs

Career Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 262-270

  Bisk, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986105201     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430210440082     Document Type: Article

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