Prospective respondent integrity behavior in replying to direct mail questionnaires: A contributor in overestimating nonresponse rates

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 260-267

  Braunsberger, Karin ^a   Gates, Roger ^b   Ortinau, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DSS Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mail questionnaires; Nonresponse rates; Prospective respondent integrity behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 11044237332     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(03)00161-9     Document Type: Article

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