Scientists’ personality, values, and well-being

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sato, Wataru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Personality; Purpose in life; Scientist; Subjective happiness; Subjective well being; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979730433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2225-2     Document Type: Article

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