A model of the determinants of purchasing from virtual stores

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-196

  Barkhi, Reza ^a   Belanger, France ^a   Hicks, James ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ease of use; Electronic commerce; Peer influence; Structured equation modeling; Theory of planned behavior; Theory of reasoned action; Usefulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349096084     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919390802198840     Document Type: Article

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