Relational bonds and customer's trust and commitment - A study on the moderating effects of web site usage

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 103-124

  Lin, Neng Pai ^a   Weng, James C M ^b   Hsieh, Yi Ching ^c  

^a TAIWAN POWER COMPANY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; INTERNET; MARKETING;

EID: 0038695016     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714005111     Document Type: Article

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