The half full or half empty glass: The views of the economic optimist vs pessimist

Human Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-209

  Furnham, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic attitudes; Economic future; Optimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010798619     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679705000206     Document Type: Article

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