Strengths of Character and Work

Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Peterson, Christopher ^a   Stephens, John P ^a   Park, Nansook ^a   Lee, Fiona ^a   Seligman, Martin E P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Character strengths; Occupations; Person job fit; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923455013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195335446.013.0018     Document Type: Chapter

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