Core self-evaluations in Japan: Relative effects on job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and happiness

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 965-984

  Piccolo, Ronald F ^a,e   Judge, Timothy A ^a,f   Takahashi, Koji ^b,g   Watanabe, Naotaka ^c   Locke, Edwin A ^d,f,h,i,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^f AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^g NANZAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁱ Keio University ^*

^j American Psychological Society   (United States)

^k IEEE   (Poland)

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EID: 28444488265     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.358     Document Type: Article

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