Money, work-life balance and autonomy: Why do IT professionals choose self-employment?

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-179

  Tremblay, Diane Gabrielle ^a   Genin, Emilie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

IT professionals; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549114484     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-008-9053-7     Document Type: Article

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