On the need to include national culture as a central issue in e-commerce trust beliefs

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-29

  Gefen, David ^a   Heart, Tsipi ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; E commerce; Trust

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKETING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CROSS CULTURAL STUDIES; POWER DISTANCE; TRUST BELIEFS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33846208822     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2006100101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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