Comparing the impacts of Internet technology and national culture on online usage and purchase from a four-country perspective

Determinants of online shopping: Examination of an early‐stage online market

“…Furthermore, our sample was exclusive to fi rms in Israel. This could limit the generalizability of our fi ndings should there be specifi c cultural (Shiu & Dawson, 2004), organizational, or personal attributes that impact the nature of Internet use. Research is also needed to investigate other classes of independent variables such as personality traits.…”

Gender and Web Design: The Implications of the Mirroring Principle for the Services Branding Model

“…The importance ascribed to gender as a variable is stressed by commentators who, when explaining online usage, argue for a greater role for within culture dimensions such as gender, than between-culture dimensions such as nationality (Brousseau, 2003;Shiu and Dawson, 2004). Crucially, researchers (Till and Priluck, 2001) argue for a link between gender, purchase behaviours, responses to advertising, product judgements, affective reactions, information processing and learning.…”

Consumer Trust in Electronic Service Consumption: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between Finland and Portugal

“…Culture has been shown to affect consumer's acceptance of new technology (Steenkamp et al 1999;Lynn & Gelb 1996) and trust formation (Doney et al 1998). The rationale for studying cross-cultural consumer behavior derives from prior research, which has shown that the diverging impact of culture applies also to online products and services (e.g., Shiu & Dawson 2004). Moreover, societies with high collectivism and strong uncertainty avoidance have been found to be less trusting in Internet businesses as well as the Internet medium (Dinev et al 2005).…”