The effect of busyness on survey participation: Being too busy or feeling too busy to cooperate?

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 357-371

  Vercruyssen, Anina ^a   Roose, Henk ^a   Carton, Ann ^b   Van De Putte, Bart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Research Centre of the Government of Flanders   (Belgium)

Author keywords

auxiliary data; combination pressure; survey participation; time pressure; work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901693212     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2013.799255     Document Type: Article

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