Satisficing among reluctant respondents in a cross-national context

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 956-984

  Kaminska, Olena ^a   McCutcheon, Allan L ^b   Billiet, Jaak ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 79951628185     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfq062     Document Type: Article

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