Core self-evaluation and life satisfaction: The person-environment fit perspective

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-73

  Jiang, Zhou ^a   Jiang, Xuan ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core self evaluation; Life satisfaction; Person environment fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911473912     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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