Predictors of differences in subjective well-being across 97 nations

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-179

  Minkov, Michael ^a  

^a VARNA UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Happiness; Leisure; Life control; Life satisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849343487     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397109332239     Document Type: Article

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