Finding and keeping a purpose in life: Well-being and Ikigai in Japan and elsewhere

Pursuits of Happiness: Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 167-185

  Mathews, Gordon ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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