Leveraging social grouping for trust building in foreign electronic commerce firms: An exploratory study

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-428

  Shi, Yani ^a,b   Sia, Choon Ling ^b   Chen, Huaping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Internet shopping; Social grouping; Social identity; Trust

Indexed keywords

SALES;

INTERNET DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET SHOPPING; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL GROUPING; SOCIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORIES; SOCIAL NETWORKING MEDIAS; TRUST;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 84874707056     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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