Emotional demands and entrepreneurial burnout: the role of autonomy and job satisfaction.

Entrepreneurs can exhibit the entrepreneurial burnout syndrome, which retards entrepreneur and firm performance. Building upon insights from the conservation of resources theory of stress response and psychology theory, this study examined the role of entrepreneur emotional demands as well as job autonomy and satisfaction resources with regard to entrepreneurial burnout. Multivariate regression analysis relating to 273 entrepreneurs in France revealed that emotional demands were positively associated with entrepreneurial burnout, while job autonomy and satisfaction were negatively associated with entrepreneurial burnout.

[Abdominal wall abscess as the presenting sign in carcinoma of the colon: report of 4 cases].

Purpose: We report four cases of unusual presentation of colonic cancer revealed by an abscess of the abdominal wall.

Materials And Methods: Our study included 3 men and 1 women ranging in age from 33 to 66 years presenting with abdominal wall abscess (in the left anterior abdominal wall in 2 patients and in the quadratus lumborum muscle in the other 2 patients). Our cases were listed from the departments of radiology and abdominal surgery of Sahloul hospital from 1995 through 2000.