Explaining the continuous use of social virtual worlds: An applied theory of planned behavior approach

Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Merikivi, Jani ^a   Mäntymäki, Matti ^a  

^a TURKU CENTRE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED THEORIES; CRITICAL MASS; DECOMPOSED THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIORS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COMPETITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 63349111955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2009.207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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