Website design, trust and culture: An eight country investigation

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 373-385

  Cyr, Dianne ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clustering theory; Culture; Theory of trust and social capital; Transaction security; Website design; Website trust

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING THEORY; INFORMATION CONTENTS; INSTITUTIONAL TRUST; SOCIAL CAPITALS; TECHNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; TRANSACTION SECURITY; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE; WEB SITE DESIGN;

CELL CULTURE; GROUP THEORY; WEBSITES;

DESIGN;

EID: 84888014501     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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