Understanding online social support and its antecedents: A socio-cognitive model

Social Science Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 724-737

  Lin, Chieh Peng ^a   Bhattacherjee, Anol ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Online networks; Social support; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549155299     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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