Effects of trust beliefs on consumers' online intentions

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 936-962

  Becerra, Enrique P ^a   Korgaonkar, Pradeep K ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brand loyalty; Consumer behaviour; Information transfer; Internet shopping; Trust; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957648286     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090561111119921     Document Type: Article

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