Zzp'ers en werknemers: ongelijkheid in kwaliteit van werk [Self-employed and employees: Inequality in job quality]

In this article differences in job quality between the self-employed without staff and employees are examined. Data from the Netherlands Survey of the Self-employed and the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey conducted by TNO and Statistics Netherlands were used. Job quality was measured using the OECD framework, consisting of three dimensions...

Explaining entrepreneuria performance of solo self-employed from a motivational perspective

This paper investigates whether start-up motivation (opportunity versus necessity) influences entrepreneurial performance of an important subset of entrepreneurs, viz. the solo self-employed. We also explore to what extent human capital measures mediate this relation. We use a unique individual-level panel data set of solo self-employed in the...

My love, my life, my everything: Work–home interaction among self-employed

As a result of the increased number of dual-earner families and the widespread availability of information and communication technology, the boundaries between work and non-work have become blurred. Today, work is no longer necessarily spatially, temporally, and socially distinct from home. As a consequence, the amount of research into the work...

All day and all of the night: the relative contribution of two dimensions of workaholism to well-being in self-employed workers

This study examined the associations between workaholism and perceived health (exhaustion, physical complaints, and feelings of professional efficacy) in a sample of 477 Dutch self-employed workers. We defined workaholism as having two components: (1) spending many hours on one's work, and (2) the inability to detach from work. We expected that...

Return to work: A comparison of two cognitive behavioural interventions in cases of work-related psychological complaints among the self-employed

We investigated the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and a combined intervention of workplace- and individual-focused techniques among self-employed people on sick leave owing to work-related psychological complaints (such as anxiety, depression, and burnout). Both interventions were based on CBT; however, one was conducted...

Road transport working time directive: self-employed and night time provision: final report

On 23 March 2005, Directive 2002/15/EC concerning the organization of working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities came into force for mobile workers. Self-employed are temporally excluded from the scope of this Directive. Firstly, this report describes the implementation of this Directive in all EU Member States and in...