Evaluation of Perceived Quality of the Website of an Online Bookstore: an Empirical Application of the Barnes and Vidgen Model

Autores/as

  • Ueliton da Costa Leonidio Universidade Católica de Petrópolis
  • Roberto Marcos da Silva Montezano Faculdade IBMEC
  • Frederico A. de Carvalho Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4301/s1807-17752011000100006

Palabras clave:

Website Quality, Online bookstore, Online retail, e-Marketing, e-Commerce

Resumen

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.

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2011-05-13

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Leonidio, U. da C., Montezano, R. M. da S., & Carvalho, F. A. de. (2011). Evaluation of Perceived Quality of the Website of an Online Bookstore: an Empirical Application of the Barnes and Vidgen Model. JISTEM Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management, 8(1), 109–130. https://doi.org/10.4301/s1807-17752011000100006

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Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (2011)

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