Big Five personality traits, job satisfaction and subjective wellbeing in China

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1099-1108

  Zhai, Qingguo ^a   Willis, Mike ^a   O'Shea, Bob ^a   Zhai, Yubo ^b   Yang, Yuwen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Big Five personality traits; China; Job satisfaction; Mediation; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84890416674     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2012.732700     Document Type: Article

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