The impact of age on electronic commerce participation: An exploratory model

Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-60

  McCloskey, Donna W ^a   Leppel, Karen ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce trust; Online shopping and age; User attitudes behaviors; Users attitudes

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; DIRECT IMPACT; E-COMMERCE; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INFORMATION ACCESS; ONLINE SHOPPING; PERCEPTIONS OF TRUST; USER ATTITUDES/ BEHAVIORS; USERS ATTITUDE;

EXPOSURE CONTROLS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 74349103566     PISSN: 15392937     EISSN: 15392929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeco.2010103003     Document Type: Article

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