What respondents really expect from researchers

Evaluation Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-391

  Kolar, Tomaž ^a   Kolar, Iztok ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Psychological contract; Respondents' expectations; Response rates; Survey participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46249091602     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X07306953     Document Type: Article

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