The effects of the amount of information on cognitive responses in online purchasing tasks

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Sicilia, Maria ^a   Ruiz, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amount of information; Cognitive responses; Overload; Purchasing; Website

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; COGNITIVE RESPONSE; COGNITIVE RESPONSES; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ONLINE PURCHASING; OVERLOAD;

DATA PROCESSING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SALES;

EID: 77949912968     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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