Developing entrepreneurship programmes for female members of the Irish traveller community

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-147

  Cooney, Thomas M ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Entrepreneurs; Ethnic minorities; Ireland; Social alienation; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992954247     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566260910969689     Document Type: Article

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