Personal strain and ethical standards of the self-employed

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 477-490

  De Clercq, Dirk ^a   Dakhli, Mourad ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF KUWAIT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cultural and institutional context; Ethical standards; Personal strain; Self employed

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849114489     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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