Exploration and its manifestations in the context of online shopping

Journal of Marketing Management

Volumn 26, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1256-1278

  Demangeot, Catherine ^a   Broderick, Amanda J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental psychology; Exploration; Internet; Online shopping; Qualitative study; Website exploration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958096550     PISSN: 0267257X     EISSN: 14721376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267257X.2010.524165     Document Type: Article

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