Predicting general well-being from emotional intelligence and three broad personality traits

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 635-646

  Singh, Malika ^a   Woods, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39749111490     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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