The impact of interface usability on trust in Web retailers

Internet Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 388-398

  Roy, Marie Christine ^a   Dewit, Olivier ^b   Aubert, Benoit A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b EXFO   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer user groups; Consumer behaviour; Electronic commerce; Interface management; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843080618     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240110410165     Document Type: Article

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