Consumers' decisions in social commerce context: An empirical investigation

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-64

  Chen, Jun ^a   Shen, Xiao Liang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Community commitment; Social commerce; Social support; Trust transfer

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COLLABORATIVE SHARING; COMMITMENT-TRUST THEORY; COMMUNITY COMMITMENT; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; PURCHASE DECISION; SOCIAL COMMERCES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST TRANSFER;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84940388846     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2015.07.012     Document Type: Article

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