Antecedents and consequences of trust in online product recommendations an empirical study in social shopping

Online Information Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 935-953

  Hsiao, Kuo Lun ^a   Lin, Judy Chuan Chuan ^b   Wang, Xiang Ying ^c   Lu, Hsi Peng ^c   Yu, Hueiju ^d  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Internet; Shopping; Social interaction; Trust

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL MASS; E-COMMERCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ONLINE CONSUMERS; ONLINE PRODUCTS; ONLINE SHOPS; ONLINE SURVEYS; PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION; PURCHASE INTENTION; RESEARCH MODELS; SHOPPING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TRUST; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; SALES; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 78650360699     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521011099414     Document Type: Article

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