Consumer perception of knowledge-sharing in travel-related OnlineSocial Networks

Tourism Management

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 287-296

  Bilgihan, Anil ^a   Barreda, Albert ^b   Okumus, Fevzi ^c   Nusair, Khaldoon ^d  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Decision making; Information exchange; Social media; Switching costs; User generated content

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTERNET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84937802706     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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