Response styles in marketing research: A cross-national investigation

Journal of Marketing Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-156

  Baumgartner, Hans ^a   Steenkamp, Jan Benedict E M ^a  

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EID: 0035534147     PISSN: 00222437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jmkr.38.2.143.18840     Document Type: Article

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