An empirical investigation of web site use using a commitment-based model

Decision Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 427-444

  Li, Dahui ^a   Browne, Glenn J ^b   Chau, Patrick Y K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Affective Commitment; And Trust; Calculative Commitment; Continuous Use; Customer Retention; Quality of Alternatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749504226     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5414.2006.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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