• DocumentCode
    2368264
  • Title

    Are these reviews for real? The importance of belief and trust in reviews and word-of-mouth for web-purchases

  • Author

    Jianyao Li ; Lee, Albert ; Liu Jingyan

  • Author_Institution
    Sun Yat-sen Bus. Sch., Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    25-27 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    Routine activities that many of us are used to performing in person like paying bills, purchases and bookings are now done online. With more people buying irregularly bought products online, more consumers are relying on professional, amateur and user reviews to inform them of the quality of their intended purchase. Little known about how consumers use these reviews. Less is known about how these reviews influence buying behavior. This article outlines a research framework that can provide insight into these areas.
  • Keywords
    Internet; consumer behaviour; Web purchases; bills payment; bookings; buying behavior; user reviews; word-of-mouth; Companies; Consumer electronics; Information systems; Internet; Online Hotel Booking; e-Commerce; e-Intermediary; e-Trust; eWOM;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM), 2011 8th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tianjin
  • ISSN
    2161-1890
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-310-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSSSM.2011.5959398
  • Filename
    5959398