The mediating role of the dimensions of the perceived risk in the effect of customers' awareness on the adoption of Internet banking in Iran

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-175

  Hanafizadeh, Payam ^a   Khedmatgozar, Hamid Reza ^b  

^a ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adoption; Awareness; Dimensions of the perceived risk; Internet banking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859924330     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-012-9090-z     Document Type: Article

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