The hierarchy of strengths: Their relationships with subjective well-being among Chinese teachers in Hong Kong

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 867-875

  Chan, David W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese teachers; Hong Kong; Strengths; Subjective well being; Virtues

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649305415     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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