Drivers of freelance career success

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-46

  Van den Born, Arjan ^a   van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^a,b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Career success; Freelancers; Portfolio workers; Self employed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871244418     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1786     Document Type: Article

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