TY  - JOUR
AB  - Several opinion polls have found that many consumers resist making purchases via the Internet because of their concerns about the privacy of the personal information they provide to Internet merchants. Using the theory of planned behavior as its basis, this study investigated the relationships among beliefs about Internet privacy and trustworthiness, along with beliefs about perceived behavioral control and the expectations of important others, and online purchasing behavior. Data were collected from 193 college students. Analysis of the data indicates that beliefs about trustworthiness positively affect attitudes toward buying online, which in turn positively affect purchasing behavior. Beliefs about self‐efficacy regarding purchasing positively affect perceived behavioral control, which in turn affects online purchasing behavior. In short, respondents who believed in the trustworthiness of the Internet and in their own abilities to buy online were more likely to make Internet purchases than were those without such beliefs.
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
SN  - 1066-2243
DO  - 10.1108/10662240410542634
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/10662240410542634
AU  - George Joey F.
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - The theory of planned behavior and Internet purchasing
T2  - Internet Research
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 198
EP  - 212
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -