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| Title | UNDERSTANDING MAIL SURVEY RESPONSE BEHAVIOR A META-ANALYSIS |
| Author(s) | FRANCIS J. YAMMARINO, STEVEN J. SKINNER, TERRY L. CHILDERS, School of Management and Center for Leadership Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
| Identifiers | Public Opinion Quarterly, volume 55, page 613 |
| Copyright | © 1991, the American Association for Public Opinion Research |
| Availability | Other sites: JSTOR [No subscription required for AAPOR members] * |
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