“I think I can; I think I can”:A self-leadership perspective toward enhancing entrepreneur thought patterns, self-efficacy, and performance

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 477-501

  Neck, Christopher P ^a   Neck, Heidi M ^b   Manz, Charles C ^c   Godwin, Jeffrey ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Entrepreneurship; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133123     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949910287912     Document Type: Article

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