Underestimating busyness: Indications of nonresponse bias due to work-family conflict and time pressure

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1691-1701

  Vercruyssen, Anina ^a,b   Roose, Henk ^a,b   Putte, Bart Van de ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Busyness; Nonresponse bias; Survey participation; Time pressure; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053192736     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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