Ways that social change predicts personal quality of life

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-477

  Cheung, Chau kiu ^a   Leung, Kwok ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Buffering; Need fulfillment; Quality of life; Quality of work life; Social change; Societal quality of life

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77950341759     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9487-9     Document Type: Article

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