Responses on computer surveys: Impression management, social desirability, and the Big Brother Syndrome

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-274

  Rosenfeld, Paul ^b   Booth Kewley, Stephanie ^c   Edwards, Jack E ^c   Thomas, Marie D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

BIG BROTHER SYNDROME; COMPUTER SURVEYS; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

EID: 0030173722     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0747-5632(96)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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