Understanding the use of location-based service applications: Do privacy concerns matter?

Journal of Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-230

  Yun, Haejung ^a   Han, Dongho ^b   Lee, Choong C ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marketing Department   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Location based service applications; Post adoptive behavior; Privacy concerns; Risky shift phenomenon; UTAUT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884331604     PISSN: 19389027     EISSN: 15266133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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