• DocumentCode
    2538944
  • Title

    The Influence of Electronic Word-of-Mouth Authenticity on Customers´ Behavior

  • Author

    Liao, Junfeng ; Yang, Jiaying

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Econ. & Commerce, South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    427
  • Lastpage
    430
  • Abstract
    The positive feedback of e-WOM is considered to be the higher the better. This study tries to discuss how the different positive feedbacks will affect credibility of e-WOM when fake information exists. In fact, authenticity has significant impact on customers´ purchase decision and the positive feedback is not the higher the better.
  • Keywords
    authorisation; consumer behaviour; electronic commerce; purchasing; social networking (online); customer behavior; customer purchase decision impact; e-WOM credibility; electronic word-of-mouth authenticity; fake information; positive feedback; Business; Correlation; Economics; Educational institutions; Mathematical model; Receivers; Reliability; Authenticity; Positive Feedback; e-WOM;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Business Computing and Global Informatization (BCGIN), 2012 Second International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4469-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BCGIN.2012.117
  • Filename
    6382558