Community and Autonomy: Motivations for Entrepreneurship among Arizona Community College Students.
Over the past half-century, as neoliberal governance agendas dismantle state-sponsored safety nets and emphasize individual economic responsibility, entrepreneurship has become a ubiquitous form of work. Ethnographic research shows that individuals who pursue entrepreneurship are often motivated by...
| Publicado en: | Human Organization Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 237 - 247 |
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