The effect of community identification on attitude and intention toward a blogging community

Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 393-407

  Shen, Chung Chi ^a   Chiou, Jyh Shen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communities; Internet; Social capital; Taiwan; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349635043     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240910981362     Document Type: Article

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