Outline reputation scores: How well are they understood?

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-97

  Gregg, Dawn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; E commerce; Reputation system; Scale design

Indexed keywords

ONLINE CONSUMERS; REPUTATION SYSTEMS; RESPONSE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 73349096253     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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