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Research Articles

How Positive and Negative Electronic Word of Mouth (eWOM) Affects Customers’ Intention to Use Social Commerce? A Dual-Stage Multi Group-SEM and ANN Analysis

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Pages 808-837 | Received 04 Jun 2022, Accepted 08 Sep 2022, Published online: 29 Sep 2022

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