When is happiness about how much you earn? the effect of hourly payment on the money-happiness connection

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1602-1618

  DeVoe, Sanford E ^a   Pfeffer, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hourly wage; Income; Organizational payment practices; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70449394022     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209346304     Document Type: Article

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