Locus of control and subjective well-being - A cross-cultural study

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Stocks, Alexandra ^a   April, Kurt A ^a   Lynton, Nandani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

Age; China; Gender; Locus of control; Southern Africa; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877626812     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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