The impact of personality type on purchasing decisions in virtual stores

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-330

  Barkhi, Reza ^a,b   Wallace, Linda ^a  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Myers Briggs; Personality types; Structural equation modeling; Technology acceptance model; Virtual stores

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148987716     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-007-0021-y     Document Type: Article

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