The factors influencing members' continuance intentions in professional virtual communities - A longitudinal study

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-467

  Chen, Irene Y L ^a  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Continuance intention; Expectation confirmation theory; IS success; Social capital; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEBSITES;

CONTINUANCE INTENTION; EXPECTATION-CONFIRMATION THEORY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34547450785     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506075323     Document Type: Article

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