Understanding intention to continuously share information on weblogs

Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-361

  Hsi Peng, H P ^a   Hsiao, Kuo Lun ^a  

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

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Expectation; Information transfer; Social theories; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548070546     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240710828030     Document Type: Article

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