What makes an online review credible? A systematic review of the literature and future research directions

K Pooja, P Upadhyaya - Management Review Quarterly, 2024 - Springer
Online reviews of products and services are strategic tools for e-commerce platforms, as
they aid in consumers' pre-purchase decisions. Past research studies indicate online …

The classification of online consumer reviews: A systematic literature review and integrative framework

L Zheng - Journal of Business Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to conduct a systematic review of the literature on online
consumer reviews (OCRs) in order to provide understanding of the multi-featured nature and …

An empirical examination of consumer adoption of Internet of Things services: Network externalities and concern for information privacy perspectives

CL Hsu, JCC Lin - Computers in human behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is emerging as a significant development in information
technology, with the potential to increase convenience and efficiency in daily life. While the …

The business value of online consumer reviews and management response to hotel performance

KL Xie, Z Zhang, Z Zhang - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2014 - Elsevier
The business case for investing in online reputation has received increasing scrutiny in
recent years. This study identifies the business value of consumer reviews and management …

Understanding the impact of online reviews on hotel performance: an empirical analysis

P Phillips, S Barnes, K Zigan… - Journal of travel …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Understanding consumers' needs and wants has been a major source of success for hotel
organizations. Notwithstanding, investigating the valence of online reviews and modeling …

Why people use social networking sites: An empirical study integrating network externalities and motivation theory

KY Lin, HP Lu - Computers in human behavior, 2011 - Elsevier
Fast-developing social networking sites (SNS) have become the major media by which
people develop their personal network online in recent years. To explore factors affecting …

Enhancing the helpfulness of online consumer reviews: the role of latent (content) factors

V Srivastava, AD Kalro - Journal of Interactive Marketing, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Past empirical studies have analysed the influence of manifest online review content factors
and the reviewer-related factors on online review helpfulness. However, the influence of …

A meta-analytic investigation of the role of valence in online reviews

N Purnawirawan, M Eisend… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Based on a meta-analysis, this study aims to clarify the influence of online review valence
(ie, whether reviews in a review set are predominantly positive or negative) on various …

Perceived 'usefulness' of online consumer reviews: An exploratory investigation across three services categories

P Racherla, W Friske - Electronic commerce research and applications, 2012 - Elsevier
Online reviews, a form of online word-of-mouth (eWOM), have recently become one of the
most important sources of information for modern consumers. Recent scholarship involving …

How credibility affects eWOM reading: The influences of expertise, trustworthiness, and similarity on utilitarian and social functions

J Reichelt, J Sievert, F Jacob - Journal of Marketing …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In online information settings, a few people tend to contribute, while the majority of people
consume. For this latter group of readers, electronic word of mouth (eWOM) provides …