The effect of interpersonal trust, need for cognition, and social loneliness on shopping, information seeking and surfing on the Web

Marketing Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-202

  Das, Samar ^a   Echambadi, Raj ^a   McCardle, Michael ^a   Luckett, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Internet marketing; Interpersonal trust; Need for cognition; Personality traits; Social loneliness

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943067695     PISSN: 09230645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027448801656     Document Type: Article

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