Survey response rate levels and trends in organizational research

Human Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1139-1160

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a   Holtom, Brooks C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Questionnaire; Research methods; Response rate; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249084799     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708094863     Document Type: Article

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