Tourism information trust as a bridge between information value and satisfaction: An exploratory study

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 565-578

  Tang, Liang ^a   Jang, SooCheong ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic value; Information trust; Satisfaction; Structural equation modeling; Utilitarian value

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052469213     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354208788160441     Document Type: Article

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