Recommendation agents for electronic commerce: Effects of explanation facilities on trusting beliefs

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 217-246

  Wang, Weiquan ^a   Benbasat, Izak ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision support; Decisional guidance; Electronic commerce; Explanations; Recommendation agents; Trust

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

DECISIONAL GUIDANCE; RECOMMENDATION AGENT;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 38349112609     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230410     Document Type: Article

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