Are two interviewers better than one?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1771-1779

  Fifić, Mario ^a,b   Gigerenzer, Gerd ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Best interviewer; Free riding; Interview validity; Less is more; Wisdom of the crowd

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901237722     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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