The effect of expertise on consumers' satisfaction with the use of interactive recommendation agents

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 859-880

  Su, Hung Jen ^a   Comer, Lucette B ^b   Lee, Sanghyun ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dongguk University   (South Korea)

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EID: 51149115077     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20244     Document Type: Article

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