Happiness and Satisfaction with Work Commute

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 255-263

  Olsson, Lars E ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a,b   Ettema, Dick ^c   Friman, Margareta ^a   Fujii, Satoshi ^d  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotional well being; Life satisfaction; Work commute

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; JOURNEY TO WORK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WALKING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84873408801     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0003-2     Document Type: Article

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