Health of entrepreneurs versus employees in a national representative sample

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 717-738

  Stephan, Ute ^a,b   Roesler, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 78049522385     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317909X472067     Document Type: Article

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