Effects of interaction richness on consumer attitudes and behavioral intentions in e-commerce: Some experimental results

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-269

  Jahng, Jungjoo ^a   Jain, Hemant ^b   Ramamurthy, Keshavamurthy ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Change in attitude; Ease of use; Electronic commerce; Intention to accept and use; Interaction richness; Usefulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547598399     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000665     Document Type: Article

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