What Makes Entrepreneurs Happy? Determinants of Satisfaction Among Founders

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 371-387

  Carree, Martin A ^a   Verheul, Ingrid ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Motivation; Performance; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859106442     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9269-3     Document Type: Article

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