Clarifying the integration of trust and TAM in E-commerce environments: Implications for systems design and management

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 380-393

  Benamati, John Skip ^a   Fuller, Mark A ^b   Serva, Mark A ^c   Baroudi, Jack ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; nomological network; technology acceptance; technology acceptance model (TAM); trust; voluntary Web site adoption

Indexed keywords

BELIEF AND ATTITUDES; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; E-COMMERCE; INTEGRATION MODELS; MODEL VARIABLES; NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SYSTEMS DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION; USER INTENTION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; RESEARCH; WORLD WIDE WEB;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77954862343     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2009.2023111     Document Type: Article

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