Attitudinal and personality correlates of a nation's pace of life

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-34

  Kirkcaldy, Bruce ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^b   Levine, Robert ^c  

^a International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Economic indicators; Lifestyles; Motivation; National cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947692079     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940110366551     Document Type: Article

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