Consumers' responses to ambivalent online hotel reviews: The role of perceived source credibility and pre-decisional disposition

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 178-183

  Jimmy Xie, Hui ^a   Miao, Li ^b   Kuo, Pei Jou ^a   Lee, Bo Youn ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Booking intention; EWOM; Personal identifying information; Pre decisional disposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957860454     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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