"Involuntary self-employment" as a public policy issue: A cross-country European review

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-129

  Kautonen, Teemu ^a   Down, Simon ^b   Welter, Friederike ^c   Vainio, Pekka ^d   Palmroos, Jenni ^d   Althoff, Kai ^e   Kolb, Susanne ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^f S Siegerlandfonds 1 Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Industrial relations; Involuntary actions; Public policy; Self employed workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649279798     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552551011027002     Document Type: Review

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