The effects of information overload on consumers' subjective state towards buying decision in the internet shopping environment

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-58

  Chen, Yu Chen ^a   Shang, Rong An ^a   Kao, Chen Yu ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Consumer purchase decision making; Information filtering; Information load; Internet shopping; On line shopping experience; Perceived information overload

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; PURCHASING;

CONSUMER PURCHASE DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION FILTERING; INFORMATION LOAD; INTERNET SHOPPING; ON-LINE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE; PERCEIVED INFORMATION OVERLOAD;

SALES;

EID: 60549117499     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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