Poor and distressed, but happy: situational and cultural moderators of the relationship between wealth and happiness
Evidence on the relationship between wealth and happiness is mixed, hinting that there are situational or individual factors that account for the variability in results. This paper contends that wealth is in fact related to happiness. More specifically, it is proposed that poverty –as well as other...
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doaj-d861e6d2a0724f2b91ab34a1deb4ece12020-11-25T01:11:49ZspaUniversidad ICESIEstudios Gerenciales0123-59232013-01-012912621110.1016/S0123-5923(13)70014-7Poor and distressed, but happy: situational and cultural moderators of the relationship between wealth and happinessSilvio Borrero0Ana Bolena Escobar1Aura María Cortés2Luis Carlos Maya3Jefe del Departamento de Gestión Organizacional, Universidad Icesi, Cali, ColombiaDirectora de Economía y Negocios Internacionales, Universidad Icesi, Cali, ColombiaEstudiante de Economía y Negocios Internacionales, Universidad Icesi, Cali, ColombiaEstudiante de Administración de Empresas, Universidad Icesi, Cali, ColombiaEvidence on the relationship between wealth and happiness is mixed, hinting that there are situational or individual factors that account for the variability in results. This paper contends that wealth is in fact related to happiness. More specifically, it is proposed that poverty –as well as other adverse situations– has an undermining effect on happiness, and that this effect is attenuated by a collectivist orientation. Analyses of variance (ANOVAs) using data on happiness, wealth and culture from 197 countries, supplemented by a meta-analysis of empirical studies that explore the relationship between wealth and perceptions of happiness, support the hypothesized relationship between adversity and happiness, and the moderating effect that collectivism has on such relationship.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0123592313700147WealthPovertyHappinessAdversityCollectivism |
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Silvio Borrero Ana Bolena Escobar Aura María Cortés Luis Carlos Maya Poor and distressed, but happy: situational and cultural moderators of the relationship between wealth and happiness Estudios Gerenciales Wealth Poverty Happiness Adversity Collectivism |
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Silvio Borrero Ana Bolena Escobar Aura María Cortés Luis Carlos Maya |
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Poor and distressed, but happy: situational and cultural moderators of the relationship between wealth and happiness |
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Poor and distressed, but happy: situational and cultural moderators of the relationship between wealth and happiness |
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Poor and distressed, but happy: situational and cultural moderators of the relationship between wealth and happiness |
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Poor and distressed, but happy: situational and cultural moderators of the relationship between wealth and happiness |
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Poor and distressed, but happy: situational and cultural moderators of the relationship between wealth and happiness |
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poor and distressed, but happy: situational and cultural moderators of the relationship between wealth and happiness |
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Universidad ICESI |
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Estudios Gerenciales |
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2013-01-01 |
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Evidence on the relationship between wealth and happiness is mixed, hinting that there are situational or individual factors that account for the variability in results. This paper contends that wealth is in fact related to happiness. More specifically, it is proposed that poverty –as well as other adverse situations– has an undermining effect on happiness, and that this effect is attenuated by a collectivist orientation. Analyses of variance (ANOVAs) using data on happiness, wealth and culture from 197 countries, supplemented by a meta-analysis of empirical studies that explore the relationship between wealth and perceptions of happiness, support the hypothesized relationship between adversity and happiness, and the moderating effect that collectivism has on such relationship. |
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Wealth Poverty Happiness Adversity Collectivism |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0123592313700147 |
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