Employee reactions to paper and electronic surveys: An experimental comparison

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-259

  Croteau, Anne Marie ^a   Dyer, Linda ^a   Miguel, Marco ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic surveys; employee reactions; experimental design; perceived ease of use; perceived enjoyment; psychometric quality

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC SURVEY; EMPLOYEE REACTION; EMPLOYEE SURVEYS; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; FIELD EXPERIMENT; LARGE ORGANIZATIONS; PAPER SURVEYS; PERCEIVED EASE-OF-USE; PERCEIVED ENJOYMENT; PSYCHOMETRIC QUALITY;

SURVEYS;

EID: 77956218732     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2010.2052852     Document Type: Article

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