Happy and unhappy competitors: What makes the difference?

Psihologijske Teme

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-367

  Fülöp, Márta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Competition; Culture; Happiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950211335     PISSN: 13320742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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