The effect of reputation systems and on-line chat services on consumers' responses towards unfamiliar retailers

Creating effective functions in website designs that reduce consumers' anxiety in shopping online is a challenge common to most e-retailers. The present study investigated the roles of online reputation systems and instant chat services in decreasing customer perceived risk and increasing initi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Ruirui
Other Authors: Burns, Leslie D.
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/26902