Evaluation of perceived quality of the website of an online bookstore: an empirical application of the Barnes and Vidgen Model

This paper's objective is to evaluate the perceived quality of the Website of an online bookstore using the Barnes and Vidgen Model. Implemented over the Internet, this empirical research collected data on the perceived quality of the Website, used to sell products and online services. The ques...

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Autores: Leonidio, Ueliton da Costa, Montezano, Roberto Marcos da Silva, Carvalho, Frederico A. de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/12898
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.usp.br/jistem/article/view/12898
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Website Quality
Online bookstore
Online retail
e-Marketing
e-Commerce
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Sumario:This paper's objective is to evaluate the perceived quality of the Website of an online bookstore using the Barnes and Vidgen Model. Implemented over the Internet, this empirical research collected data on the perceived quality of the Website, used to sell products and online services. The questionnaire used to gather the data was answered by a convenience sample of 213 respondents. The importance of quality attributes and the dimension of perceived quality were investigated. The results indicate that the three dimensions named Reliability, Usability and Information were the most noticeable.