Job satisfaction and self-employment: Autonomy or personality?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-177

  Lange, Thomas ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; European social survey; Job satisfaction; Personality traits; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855984415     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9249-8     Document Type: Article

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