Happy and Proactive? The Role of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being in Business Owners' Personal Initiative

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-114

  Hahn, Verena C ^a   Frese, Michael ^b,c   Binnewies, Carmen ^a   Schmitt, Antje ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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EID: 84856009674     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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