Individualist and collectivist factors affecting online repurchase intentions

Internet Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-28

  Frost, Dayne ^a   Goode, Sigi ^a   Hart, Dennis ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Customer loyalty; Purchasing; Shopping

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349102009     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662241011020815     Document Type: Article

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