Employment and family as determinants of anticipated life satisfaction among young Greek adults

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-201

  Macri, Dimitra ^a   Mullet, Etienne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Employment; Family; Functional Theory of Cognition; Greece; Satisfaction with life

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944445216     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800302543     Document Type: Article

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