Negative emotions of an entrepreneurial career: Self-employment and regulatory coping behaviors

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-238

  Patzelt, Holger ^a   Shepherd, Dean A ^b  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Emotions; Emotions focused coping; Identity; Problem focused coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751601126     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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