eprintid: 355 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 5 dir: disk0/00/00/03/55 datestamp: 2017-10-27 08:37:06 lastmod: 2017-10-27 08:39:00 status_changed: 2017-10-27 08:37:06 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Muchdie, Muchdie creators_id: eidmuchdie@uhamka.ac.id corp_creators: Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA, Graduate School title: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND HAPPINESS: A CROSS-NATION PATH ANALYSIS ispublished: pub subjects: HB abstract: This paper is aimed to report a research that analyse the relation between human development, global competitiveness and happiness as well as the impact of human development, both direct and indirect impacts, on happiness, with global competitiveness as moderator variable. Cross-nation data on human development, global competitiveness and happiness indices were collected from 123 countries and employed in a path analysis model. The results show that the correlation between human development and happiness was positive and very strong. The countries that had high happiness index were the countries with high human development index. The correlation between human development and global competitiveness was positive and very strong. The correlation between global competitiveness and happiness was also positive and strong. The direct impact of human development on happiness was positive and significant. The indirect impact of human development on happiness, again, was positive and significant. It is then suggested that human development sustainably be promoted in order to make nations competitive globally and then make the people happy. date: 2017-10 official_url: http://www.journalijar.com/article/20467/human-development,-global-competitiveness-and-happiness:-a-cross-nation-path-analysis./ full_text_status: public publication: International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR) volume: 5 number: 10 pagerange: 779-790 refereed: TRUE issn: 2320-5407 citation: Muchdie, Muchdie (2017) HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND HAPPINESS: A CROSS-NATION PATH ANALYSIS. International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 5 (10). pp. 779-790. ISSN 2320-5407 document_url: http://repository.uhamka.ac.id/id/eprint/355/1/IJAR%2020272%20Human%20Development%2C%20Global%20Competitiveness%20and%20Happiness.pdf