Survey data are used in many disciplines including Social Sciences, Economics and Psychology. Interviewers' behaviour might affect the quality of such data. This book presents the results of new research on interviewers' motivation and behaviour. A substantial number of contributions address deviant behaviour, methods for assessing the impact of such behaviour on data quality and tools for detecting faked interviews. Further chapters discuss methods for preventing undesirable interviewer effects. Apart from specific methodological contributions, the chapters of the book also provide a unique collection of examples of deviant behaviour and its detection - a topic not overly present in literature despite its substantial prevalence in survey field work. The volume includes 13 peer reviewed papers presented at an international workshop in Rauischholzhausen in October 2011.

Natalja Menold fuhrt Erkenntnisse uber Aspekte der Wissensintegration aus der Kommunikationsforschung sowie der Sozial- und Organisationspsychologie zusammen, um den Prozess der Wissensintegration im Zusammenhang mit motivational-volitionalen Handlungsfaktoren zu untersuchen. Anwendungskontext ist die Einfuhrung und Nutzung neuer Informations- und Kommunikationstechniken fur Lern- und Arbeitsaufgaben.