The impact of strategic entrepreneurship inside the organization: Examining job stress and employee retention

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-104

  Monsen, Erik ^a   Wayne Boss, R ^b  

^a Max Planck Institute of Economics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 58149305648     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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