Personality and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from South Korea

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 341-359

  Ha, Shang E ^a   Kim, Seokho ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Happiness; Life satisfaction; Personality; South Korea; Subjective well being; The "Big Five"

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84873408192     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0009-9     Document Type: Article

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