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Creator:: Jai, Tun-Min
Abstract:: The purpose of the present study is to examine consumers' privacy concerns in the online shopping context. Drawing from Social Contract Theory, the present study proposed a structure equation model to examine how consumers' evaluations of online shopping experiences (perceived benefit, risk and fairness) and attitudes (trust, moods, and repurchase...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: study examined if personal factors such as innovativeness, consumer commitment, and general privacy

Creator:: Tung, Tsun-Yin
Abstract:: This study proposed a theoretical model of choice overload and empirically examined the model in the context of online apparel shopping. The purpose of the study was to investigate how the number of choices and product presentation formats influenced consumers’ online apparel shopping experience as well as how the formed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: funds per year. Furthermore, Schwartz et al. (2002) identified that personal characteristics may

Creator:: Stewart, Lauren M.
Abstract:: Throughout history, there have been many examples of political figures who have influenced fashion: from Theodore Roosevelt to Jacqueline Kennedy to Michelle Obama. Companies have taken advantage of the influence that political figures have as fashion opinion leaders, even going so far as to purchase keywords such as "Michelle Obama"...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (external factors) include the consumer’s culture, social class, personal influences, family and situation

Creator:: Shin, KoEun
Abstract:: The EBM model of consumer decision making was used to guide the present study. According to this model when consumers make purchase decisions, they search for information from either internal and/or external sources. When consumers do not have enough information from internal sources, such as knowledge and experiences, they search...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AttitudeAttitude IntentionIntention Decision Process Environmental Influences Culture Social Class Personal

Creator:: Zhang, Ruirui
Abstract:: he purpose of this project was to develop a scale to measure sustainable apparel consumption. This study used concept analysis to identify attributes of sustainable apparel consumption. Within an academic online database, a search for articles containing "sustainable consumption" in their titles was performed. Within each article, the attributes associated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; Kelandai-Matchett, 2009), sustainable consumption of personal life-style (Gilg, Barr, &Ford, 2004; Mont

Creator:: Zhang, Ruirui
Abstract:: 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 initial trust in unfamiliar e-retailers. Therefore, the reputation system...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Yoo, Jungmin
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to investigate practical guidelines based on empirical evidence for effective website design, including both home page and product pages. This research consists of two consecutive empirical studies. Study 1 was one factor (home page design: image- vs. text-oriented home page) between-subjects design with two...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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