Response rate in academic studies - A comparative analysis

Human Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-438

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Questionnaires; Research methods; Response rate; Return rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005441014     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679905200401     Document Type: Article

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