Trust and Satisfaction, Two Stepping Stones for Successful E-Commerce Relationships: A Longitudinal Exploration

Dan J. Kim (), Donald L. Ferrin () and H. Raghav Rao ()
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Dan J. Kim: Computer Information Systems, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas 77058
Donald L. Ferrin: Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore 188065, Republic of Singapore
H. Raghav Rao: Management Science and Systems, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260

Information Systems Research, 2009, vol. 20, issue 2, 237-257

Abstract: Trust and satisfaction are essential ingredients for successful business relationships in business-to-consumer electronic commerce. Yet there is little research on trust and satisfaction in e-commerce that takes a longitudinal approach. Drawing on three primary bodies of literature, the theory of reasoned action, the extended valence framework, and expectation-confirmation theory, this study synthesizes a model of consumer trust and satisfaction in the context of e-commerce. The model considers not only how consumers formulate their prepurchase decisions, but also how they form their long-term relationships with the same website vendor by comparing their prepurchase expectations to their actual purchase outcome. The results indicate that trust directly and indirectly affects a consumer's purchase decision in combination with perceived risk and perceived benefit, and also that trust has a longer term impact on consumer e-loyalty through satisfaction. Thus, this study extends our understanding of consumer Internet transaction behavior as a three-fold (prepurchase, purchase, and postpurchase) process, and it recognizes the crucial, multiple roles that trust plays in this process. Implications for theory and practice as well as limitations and future directions are discussed.

Keywords: trust in e-commerce; consumer satisfaction; purchase and repurchase intentions in B2C e-commerce; e-loyalty; extended valence framework; expectation-confirmation theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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