Feeling the sense of community in social networking usage

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-239

  Zhang, Zhongju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems (ISs) success; Online communities; Sense of community (SOC); Social networking systems; Social networking usage

Indexed keywords

ONLINE COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH MODELS; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SOCIAL NETWORKING USAGE; SYSTEM QUALITY; THEORETICAL MODELS; USER SATISFACTION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77951622146     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2009.2023455     Document Type: Article

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