Good for the soul: The relationship between work, wellbeing and psychological capital

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 464-474

  Cole, Kenneth ^a   Daly, Anne ^a   Mak, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Personality; Unemployment; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149097423     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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