Happiness Around the World: Is There More to It Than Money?

Bozionelos, N.; Nikolaou, I.

doi:10.5465/amp.2010.55206392

Happiness Around the World: Is There More to It Than Money?

Bozionelos, N.; Nikolaou, I.

Authors

N. Bozionelos

I. Nikolaou

Abstract

The article focuses on the effect that national wealth has on the happiness of its citizens. It comments on different components of well-being such as overall satisfaction of life, and positive and negative emotions. It states that income is related to well-being but it depended on which facet of well-being was considered, with national income and gross domestic product per capita being the most important factor for general life satisfaction. It mentions that positive and negative emotions were reflected by social psychological prosperity and the fulfillment of social psychological needs.

Citation

Bozionelos, N., & Nikolaou, I. (2010). Happiness Around the World: Is There More to It Than Money?. Academy of Management Perspectives, 24(4), 96-98. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2010.55206392

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2010
Deposit Date	Dec 6, 2010
Publicly Available Date	Dec 1, 2017
Journal	Academy of Management Perspectives
Print ISSN	1558-9080
Electronic ISSN	1943-4529
Publisher	Academy of Management
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	24
Issue	4
Pages	96-98
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2010.55206392
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1536194