Determinants of successful virtual communities: Contributions from system characteristics and social factors

Information and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 522-527

  Lin, Hsiu Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Member loyalty; Member satisfaction; Social factors; System characteristics; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

PHASE SHIFT;

MEMBER LOYALTY; MEMBER SATISFACTION; SOCIAL FACTORS; SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 56049114389     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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