Questionnaire Design in Management Sciences: A Review of Literature
Questionnaire Design in Management Sciences: A Review of Literature

Summary/Abstract: The study reviewed academic literature on questionnaire designing and broadly explained the types of questionnaire, and features of a well-designed questionnaire. The study also highlighted some challenges faced by researchers in the process of developing questionnaire. Moreover, questionnaire designing is more challenging, because it involved special skills, time and extra work. The major objective of the study is to review academic literature on questionnaire design in management sciences. While the specific objective is to; examine practical procedures involved in designing of questionnaire in management sciences. The study demonstrated practical illustrations involved in designing and adapting questionnaire. The study revealed that researchers usually faced challenges in designing robust questionnaire including its content, appearance and usage that leads to inappropriate and biased findings in a study. The study also discovered that most researchers experienced issues related to non-response when self-report questionnaires are used; also researchers faced challenges of mentoring from senior researchers when it comes to questionnaire designing. The study affirmed that; questionnaire is one of the vital tools in research methodology, and it was also asserted that processes involved in questionnaire designing are rigorous and tedious. It was also established that inefficient design of questionnaire can affect the quality of the research outcome. The study also suggested that more articles on questionnaire design should be written and researchers must be mentored.

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