Determinants of motivation and willingness to participate in surveys;Determinanten der motivation und der bereitschaft zur teilnahme an fragebogenstudien

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-96

  Konradt, Udo ^a   Fary, Yasmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Participation; Response behaviour; Survey; Unit non response

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646434504     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0044-3409.214.2.87     Document Type: Article

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