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Academic Papers

Drivers of religious entrepreneurial behaviour among Pentecostal pastors: push-pull-mooring theory and theory of planned behaviour

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Pages 275-300 | Received 21 Mar 2022, Accepted 31 May 2023, Published online: 04 Jul 2023

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