Surveying the Corporate Elite: Theoretical and Practical Guidance on Improving Response Rates and Response Quality in Top Management Survey Questionnaires

Research Methodology in Strategy and Management

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 37-55

  Bednar, Michael K ^a   Westphal, James D ^a  

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EID: 33947252763     PISSN: 14798387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-8387(06)03004-9     Document Type: Review

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