Determinants of success for online communities: An empirical study

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 479-488

  Lin, Hsiu Fen ^a   Lee, Gwo Guang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Information quality; Member loyalty; Service quality; Success of online communities; System quality

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; USER INTERFACES;

INFORMATION QUALITY; MEMBER LOYALTY; SUCCESS OF ONLINE COMMUNITIES; SYSTEM QUALITY;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751191857     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500330422     Document Type: Article

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