Demographic differences and the antecedents of blog stickiness

Online Information Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-38

  Lu, Hsi Peng ^a   Lee, Ming Ren ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cognition; Influence; Internet

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; IS SUCCESS MODEL; RESEARCH MODELS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SEM; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; SYSTEM QUALITY;

BLOGS; RESEARCH; WEBSITES;

INTERNET;

EID: 77649164826     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521011024100     Document Type: Article

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