The Effect of Positive and Negative Signals on Perceived Deceptiveness of Websites in Online Markets

This study extends the understanding of signaling in online shopping environments by evaluating the effect of positive and negative signals on perceptions of online buyers. Drawing from signaling theory, this study proposes and empirically tests a model for conceptualizing the influence of website s...

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Autores principales: Mavlanova,Tamilla, Benbunan-Fich,Raquel, Koufaris,Marios, Lang,Guido
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Publicado: Universidad de Talca 2015
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-187620150001000032018-10-12The Effect of Positive and Negative Signals on Perceived Deceptiveness of Websites in Online MarketsMavlanova,TamillaBenbunan-Fich,RaquelKoufaris,MariosLang,Guido Signaling theory Website signals Deception E-commerce Purchase intentions This study extends the understanding of signaling in online shopping environments by evaluating the effect of positive and negative signals on perceptions of online buyers. Drawing from signaling theory, this study proposes and empirically tests a model for conceptualizing the influence of website signals on perceived deceptiveness and purchase intentions. The results support the assertions of the model and indicate that the online buyers’ perceptions of website deceptiveness and purchase intentions are mainly influenced by website content, website amateurism and website physical presence, whereas human presence is not significant.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de TalcaJournal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research v.10 n.1 20152015-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-18762015000100003en10.4067/S0718-18762015000100003
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collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Signaling theory
Website signals
Deception
E-commerce
Purchase intentions
spellingShingle Signaling theory
Website signals
Deception
E-commerce
Purchase intentions
Mavlanova,Tamilla
Benbunan-Fich,Raquel
Koufaris,Marios
Lang,Guido
The Effect of Positive and Negative Signals on Perceived Deceptiveness of Websites in Online Markets
description This study extends the understanding of signaling in online shopping environments by evaluating the effect of positive and negative signals on perceptions of online buyers. Drawing from signaling theory, this study proposes and empirically tests a model for conceptualizing the influence of website signals on perceived deceptiveness and purchase intentions. The results support the assertions of the model and indicate that the online buyers’ perceptions of website deceptiveness and purchase intentions are mainly influenced by website content, website amateurism and website physical presence, whereas human presence is not significant.
author Mavlanova,Tamilla
Benbunan-Fich,Raquel
Koufaris,Marios
Lang,Guido
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Benbunan-Fich,Raquel
Koufaris,Marios
Lang,Guido
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title The Effect of Positive and Negative Signals on Perceived Deceptiveness of Websites in Online Markets
title_short The Effect of Positive and Negative Signals on Perceived Deceptiveness of Websites in Online Markets
title_full The Effect of Positive and Negative Signals on Perceived Deceptiveness of Websites in Online Markets
title_fullStr The Effect of Positive and Negative Signals on Perceived Deceptiveness of Websites in Online Markets
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Positive and Negative Signals on Perceived Deceptiveness of Websites in Online Markets
title_sort effect of positive and negative signals on perceived deceptiveness of websites in online markets
publisher Universidad de Talca
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