Modeling the factors affecting individuals' use of community networks: A theoretical explanation of community-based information and communication technology use

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1525-1543

  Kwon, Nahyun ^a   Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS;

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SAMPLED DATA CONTROL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 30544441640     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20247     Document Type: Article

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