Life domain satisfactions as predictors of overall life satisfaction among workers: Evidence from Chile

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-86

  Loewe, Nicolas ^a   Bagherzadeh, Mehdi ^a   Araya Castillo, Luis ^a   Thieme, Claudio ^b   Batista Foguet, Joan Manuel ^a  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Life domains; Life satisfaction; Subjective well being; Workers

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHILE;

EID: 85027933257     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0408-6     Document Type: Article

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