Swift Trust in Web Vendors: The Role of Appearance and Functionality
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چکیده
With the growth of product search engines such as pricegrabber.com, web vendors have many more casual visitors. This research examines how web vendors may foster “swift trust” as a means to convert casual visitors to paying customers. We examine whether perceptions of website’s appearance features (normality, social presence and third-party links) and functionality features (security, privacy, effort expectancy and performance expectancy) positively relate to swift trust in a web vendor. Using a quasiexperimental research design, we empirically test the proposed relationships. Based on an analysis of 224 respondents, we found appearance and functionality features explained 61% of the variance in swift trust. The paper concludes with a discussion of findings and implications. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-577-3.ch005
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JOEUC
دوره 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009