Measuring Australia's well-being using hierarchical needs

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 933-945

  Clarke, Matthew ^a   Islam, Sardar M N ^b   Paech, Sally ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hierarchy; Maslow; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750895059     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.063     Document Type: Article

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