Do Professional Reviews Affect Online User Choices Through User Reviews? An Empirical Study

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 202-228

  Zhou, Wenqi ^a   Duan, Wenjing ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ON-LINE DECISION MAKINGS; ONLINE USERS; SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS; USER REVIEWS; USER-GENERATED; WORD OF MOUTH;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84975109786     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: 1557928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2016.1172460     Document Type: Article

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