Author Bios (50 Words for each Author)

Suiwen (Sharon) Zou, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow at the U.S.-Asia Center of Tourism and Hospitality Research, Temple University. Her research interests include psychological pricing and service recovery in tourism and hospitality.

Karen Tan is a second-year Ph.D. student at the Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management, Temple University. Having worked on numerous high-end tourism and hospitality industry projects across Asia Pacific, her research interests include the study of luxury developments and luxury consumer behavior.

Xiang (Robert) Li, Ph.D. (robertli@temple.edu), is a professor and Washburn Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University. Robert's research mainly focuses on destination marketing and tourist behavior, with special emphasis on international destination branding, customer loyalty, and tourism in Asia.

Abstract (150 Words)

The use of mobile devices to complete online surveys is trending upward and is likely to continue unabated for some time. With this growth, there is a growing interest in how to make mobile devices a viable way to administer self-report online surveys among researchers. Utilizing a large-scale online panel survey, the current study compares the quality and pattern of responses collected from mobile device respondents to those collected from PC/laptop respondents. It is found that although mobile respondents tended to provide shorter answers to open-ended questions than PC/laptop respondents, response quality was not significantly different between the two groups. Additionally, compared to PC/laptop respondents, mobile device respondents were younger, more likely to be female and with a higher income level. Practical implications related to our research findings are also discussed.

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Mobile versus PC: Does Device Type Affect Online Survey Response Quality for Tourism Research?

The use of mobile devices to complete online surveys is trending upward and is likely to continue unabated for some time. With this growth, there is a growing interest in how to make mobile devices a viable way to administer self-report online surveys among researchers. Utilizing a large-scale online panel survey, the current study compares the quality and pattern of responses collected from mobile device respondents to those collected from PC/laptop respondents. It is found that although mobile respondents tended to provide shorter answers to open-ended questions than PC/laptop respondents, response quality was not significantly different between the two groups. Additionally, compared to PC/laptop respondents, mobile device respondents were younger, more likely to be female and with a higher income level. Practical implications related to our research findings are also discussed.