Determinants of job satisfaction: A European comparison of self-employed and paid employees

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 651-670

  Millán, J María ^a   Hessels, Jolanda ^b,c   Thurik, Roy ^b,c,d   Aguado, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Europe; Job satisfaction; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873750828     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9380-1     Document Type: Article

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