The positive relationship between wealth and wellbeing has received considerable attention over the last three decades. However, little is known about how the significance of wealth for the health and wellbeing of older adults may vary across societies. Furthermore, researchers tend to focus mainly on income rather than other aspects of financial resources even though older adults often rely on...

introduction: one of the managers' main concerns in maintaining and preserving human resources is developing job satisfaction. job satisfaction enhances the staff's productivity and efficiency. in this study, staff's job satisfaction in one of the largest training hospitals was investigated. methods and materials: it was a cross – sectional study in which 142 people working in different wards w...

evaluation of life dissatisfaction should be one of the main components of managers’ efforts to perform appropriate policies for promoting quality of work life and improving productivity of nurses. thus the aim of the present study was to examine life satisfaction level and its determinants among a sample of iranian nurses.in this descriptive study, 309 nurses qualifying in medical care network...

This paper examines the subjective consequence of rising income inequality amidst the rapid economic growth in China. Based on the data from a national representative survey conducted in 2005, we employ multi-level models to show that, while personal income improves life satisfaction, the effect decreases with the level of local economic development; moreover, the rate of local economic growth ...

The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. ABSTRACT We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are m...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the level of job satisfaction among perfusionists in Turkey. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted from March to April 2012 comprising a randomly selected group of 52 perfusionists from public and private healthcare institutions in Istanbul. The questionnaire contained items about the socio-demographic characteristics of the perfusionists and an instrument e...

The determinants of job satisfaction are estimated for Ph.D. level scientists in the United States across academic and nonacademic sectors. Female scientists report lower job satisfaction than males in academia but higher job satisfaction than males in the nonacademic sector. Academic scientists with tenure have substantially greater job satisfaction than non-academic scientists but academic sc...

The self-rated health in a sample of adults living in the central area of São Paulo, Brazil, was studied by comparing a group of residents in census tracts without social vulnerability, identified using an indicator developed by the SEADE Foundation, and a group of residents in census tracts with middle, high or very high social vulnerability. Subject age and sex were used as control variables ...

The aim of the present study is to analyze the types of leisure time spending among the students of the IAY of Ardestan Branch. In a descriptive method of study a researcher-made questionnaire was used for gathering the data. The Alpha Cronbach coefficient was 86% and six hypotheses were applied for the time of participation in sport activities. Mass media, participation at activities, studying...

ôbjective: we mainly sought to understand the relationship among college students' spiritual well-being, life satisfaction, economic status, and alienation. methods: â sample of 292 undergraduate students (187 females and 105 males) between the ages of 18 and 26 years were selected using the cluster sampling method. then, they completed measurement questionnaires of alienation, satisfactio...