An exploratory study of buyers' participation intentions in reputation systems: The relationship quality perspective

Information and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 952-963

  Huang, Qian ^a   Davison, Robert M ^b   Liu, Hefu ^a  

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

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conflict handling styles; Perceived value of knowledge; Relationship quality; Reputation systems; Social conformity

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT HANDLING STYLES; PERCEIVED VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE; RELATIONSHIP QUALITIES; REPUTATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SALES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84908293226     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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