How May Nonresponse Affect Findings in Organizational Surveys? The Tendency-to-the-Positive Effect

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-259

  Taris, Toon W ^a   Schreurs, Paul J G ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Work and Stress   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

nonresponse bias; occupational health; organizational surveys; response rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548828874     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.14.3.249     Document Type: Article

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