Individual differences in motivation to participate in online panels: The effect on reponse rate and reponse quality perceptions

International Journal of Market Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Brüggen, Elisabeth ^a   Wetzels, Martin ^a   de Ruyter, Ko ^a   Schillewaert, Niels ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b InSites Consulting   (Netherlands)

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