Income, Motivation, and Satisfaction with Life: An Empirical Analysis

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 779-793

  Salinas Jiménez, Maria Del Mar ^a   Artés, Joaquín ^b   Salinas Jiménez, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extrinsic motivation; Income; Intrinsic motivation; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249267921     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-010-9185-y     Document Type: Article

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