Ritual behavior and community change: Exploring the social-psychological roles of net rituals in the developmental processes of online consumption communities

Online Consumer Psychology: Understanding and Influencing Consumer Behavior in the Virtual World

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 6-30

  Toder Alon, Anat ^a   Brunel, Frédéric F ^a   Siegal, Wendy L Schneier ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053921232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612694     Document Type: Chapter

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