Sensation seeking and e-shoppers

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-154

  López Bonilla, Jesús Manuel ^a   López Bonilla, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

E commerce; E shopper; Internet; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

LEISURE; PURCHASING;

E- COMMERCES; E-SHOPPERS; E-SHOPS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; SENSATION-SEEKING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 52049083891     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-008-9018-9     Document Type: Article

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