African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

Gender as a moderator between entrepreneurship intention and its predictors among university graduates in Nigeria and India

Pauline E. Onyeukwu
  • Pauline E. Onyeukwu
  • Department of Business Management, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Baze University Abuja, Nigeria.
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T. Padmavathi
  • T. Padmavathi
  • Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Management Sciences, CEG, Anna University, Chennai, India.
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  •  Received: 12 July 2019
  •  Accepted: 19 November 2019
  •  Published: 31 December 2019

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