Researcher interaction biases and business ethics research: Respondent reactions to researcher characteristics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 779-795

  Miyazaki, Anthony D ^a   Taylor, Kimberly A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance fraud; Interviewer bias; Methods bias; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349144197     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9547-5     Document Type: Article

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