Why should I tell you? Applying a culturally attuned privacy theory to understand global customers' online disclosure behaviours in e-commerce transactions

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 604-619

  Zakaria, Norhayati ^a   Zakaria, Nasriah ^b   Yusof, Shafiz Affendi Mohd ^c  

^a Universiti Utara Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CMC; Computer mediated communication; Cultural values; E commerce; Electronic commerce; Information privacy; Intercultural communication; Online disclosure behaviours

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SALES;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL VALUE; INFORMATION PRIVACY; INTER-CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS; ONLINE DISCLOSURE BEHAVIOURS;

COMPUTER PRIVACY;

EID: 68849104199     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2009.027791     Document Type: Article

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