Effects of motive-goal congruence on well-being in the power domain: Considering goals and values in a German and two Chinese samples

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 610-620

  Hofer, Jan ^a   Busch, Holger ^a   Bond, Michael Harris ^b   Li, Ming ^c   Law, Ruby ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Culture; Goals; Moderated mediation; Motive congruence; Power motive; Values; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957298999     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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