Online relationship marketing and affective customer commitment – The mediating role of trust

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 21 Số 2 - Trang 127-140 - 2016
Sheena Lovia Boateng1, Bedman Narteh2
1Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana
2Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, University of Ghana Business School

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