Job dissatisfaction of the self-employed in Indonesia

Small Business Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 233-249

  Kwon, Illoong ^a   Sohn, Kitae ^b,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Developing country; Indonesia; Job satisfaction; Self employment; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008187229     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-016-9820-z     Document Type: Article

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