An empirical study of the use of e-security seals in e-commerce

Online Information Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 655-671

  Ho, Bruce Chien Ta ^a   Oh, Kok Boon ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Data security; Decision making; Electronic commerce; Internet shopping; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR; CONSUMER KNOWLEDGE; DATA SECURITY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; E SECURITIES; E-COMMERCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INTERNET SHOPPING; ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS; PERCEPTIONS OF TRUST; PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RELATIVE IMPACT; SERVICE PROVIDER; SURVEY DATA; TRUST; WEB USERS;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; SURVEYS; WEBSITES;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 70249132898     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520910985666     Document Type: Article

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