Consumer acceptance of recommendations by interactive decision aids: The joint role of temporal distance and concrete versus abstract communications

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-260

  Köhler, Clemens ^a   Breugelmans, Els ^b,c   Dellaert, Benedict G C ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Lessius University College   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

construal level theory; consumer behavior; e commerce; interactive decision aids; recommenders

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUAL LEVEL THEORY; CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; DECISION AIDS; E-COMMERCE; RECOMMENDERS;

ABSTRACTING; COMMUNICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DESIGN; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 79955577301     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222270408     Document Type: Article

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