Attitude toward online shopping and retail website quality: A comparison of US and Korean consumers

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-111

  Kim, Soyoung ^a   Williams, Reginald ^b   Lee, Yulee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WGV Consulting LLC   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attitude toward Internet shopping; Cross cultural study; Korea; Retail website quality; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011497758     PISSN: 08961530     EISSN: 15287068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J046v16n01_06     Document Type: Article

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