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Job Satisfaction, Marital Satisfaction and the Quality of Life: A Review and a Preview

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Essays on the Quality of Life

Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series ((SINS,volume 19))

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The paper contains a global review of recent work on social indicators or quality of life measurement and more specific reviews of work on job satisfaction, satisfaction and happiness with life as a whole, and marital and sexual satisfaction. A variety of species of gap-theoretic explanatory theories are described and their alleged successes are noted. Finally, multiple discrepancies theories are sketched and some results of their application are indicated.

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Michalos, A.C. (2003). Job Satisfaction, Marital Satisfaction and the Quality of Life: A Review and a Preview. In: Essays on the Quality of Life. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0389-5_6

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