Personal empowerment and life satisfaction among self-help group members in Hong Kong

Small Group Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-377

  Cheung, Yuet W ^a   Mok, Bong H O ^a   Cheung, Tak Sing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Life satisfaction; Personal empowerment; Self esteem; Sense of mastery

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944380475     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496404272510     Document Type: Review

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