A multitheoretical approach for solving trust problems in B2C e-commerce

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 369-395

  Pittayachawan, Siddhi ^a   Singh, Mohini ^a   Corbitt, Brian ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Management Information Systems ^*

Author keywords

B2C trust model; E commerce trust issues; Online shopping solution for e vendors

Indexed keywords

NETWORK SECURITY;

ONLINE SHOPPERS; ONLINE SHOPPING; ONLINE SURVEYS; SATISFACTORY SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING (SEM); TRUST AND TRUSTWORTHINESS; TRUST MODELING; TRUSTED THIRD PARTIES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 45849098342     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2008.018828     Document Type: Article

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