An examination of factors associated with user acceptance of social shopping websites

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-36

  Shen, Jia ^a   Eder, Lauren ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Social commerce; Social comparison; Social presence; Social shopping; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL COMMERCE; SOCIAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL PRESENCE; SOCIAL SHOPPING; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 79954569528     PISSN: 15483908     EISSN: 15483916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jthi.2011010102     Document Type: Article

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