An Integrated Research Framework for Effect of EWOM

Jie LI, Wenyi XUE, Fang YANG, Yakun LI

Journal of Systems Science and Information ›› 2017, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (4) : 343-355.

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Journal of Systems Science and Information ›› 2017, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (4) : 343-355. DOI: 10.21078/JSSI-2017-343-13
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An Integrated Research Framework for Effect of EWOM

  • Jie LI, Wenyi XUE, Fang YANG, Yakun LI
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With the development of the electronic commerce, the electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) has become important reference information for consumer shopping. EWOM has attracted considerable interest from researchers in the past decade. In this paper, a research review is conducted and an integrated framework is proposed on the effect of eWOM. The effect of eWOM are influenced by its characteristics, communicators, and other factors. The characteristics of eWOM include the source, the volume and the valence. The communicators of eWOM refer to the sender, the receiver and the relationship between them. In addition, dispersion and consistency, persistence and observability, anonymity and deception, and community engagement are related factors for the effect of eWOM.

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e-commerce / word-of-mouth / eWOM / literature review / research framework

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Jie LI, Wenyi XUE, Fang YANG, Yakun LI. An Integrated Research Framework for Effect of EWOM. Journal of Systems Science and Information, 2017, 5(4): 343-355 https://doi.org/10.21078/JSSI-2017-343-13

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Supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China (16FGL014),the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (G2014202148)
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