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Self-Employment as a Strategy for Dealing with the Competing Demands of Work and Family? The Importance of Family/Lifestyle Motives

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  • Ingemar Johansson Sevä
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  • Ingemar Johansson Sevä & Ida Öun, 2015. "Self-Employment as a Strategy for Dealing with the Competing Demands of Work and Family? The Importance of Family/Lifestyle Motives," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(3), pages 256-272, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:gender:v:22:y:2015:i:3:p:256-272
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