The value of doing what you like: Evidence from the self-employed in 23 countries

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 445-455

  Benz, Matthias ^a   Frey, Bruno S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Job satisfaction; Procedural utility; Self determination; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249115518     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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