Cultural impact on trust: A comparison of virtual communities in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-48

  Chen, Ying Hueih ^a   Wu, Jyh Jeng ^b   Chung, Yu Shuo ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culture; Social presence; Stickiness; Trust tendency; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951720778     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2008.10856460     Document Type: Article

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