Development of the Reasons for Entrepreneurs' Retirement Decision Inventory (RERDI) and Preliminary Evidence of Its Psychometric Properties in a French Sample

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 572-586

  Chevalier, Séverine ^a   Fouquereau, Evelyne ^a   Gillet, Nicolas ^a   Demulier, Virginie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

career termination; entrepreneurs; push pull anti push anti pull; Reasons for Entrepreneurs' Retirement Decision Inventory (RERDI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884624470     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072712475288     Document Type: Article

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