Controlling social-desirability bias via method factors of direct and indirect questioning in structural equation models

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-148

  Jo, Myung Soo ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0034134548     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6793(200002)17:2<137::AID-MAR5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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