Good fortune, luck, opportunity and their lack: How do agents perceive them?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1461-1472

  André, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Chance; Confirmatory analysis; Fortune; Luck; Opportunity; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644802934     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.10.022     Document Type: Article

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