The relative impact of personality traits, meaningful occupation and occupational value on meaning in life and life satisfaction

Journal of Occupational Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-177

  Eakman, Aaron M ^a   Eklund, Mona ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Meaningful occupation; Occupational value; Personality traits; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860387447     PISSN: 14427591     EISSN: 21581576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2012.671762     Document Type: Article

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