Aesthetics and the online shopping environment: Understanding consumer responses

Journal of Retailing

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-58

  Wang, Yong Jian ^a   Minor, Michael S ^b   Wei, Jie ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

E tail; Environmental psychology; Online consumer behavior; Online service quality; Satisfaction; Web aesthetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952814728     PISSN: 00224359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretai.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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