Information sharing behaviour on blogs in Taiwan: Effects of interactivities and gender differences

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-416

  Lu, Hsi Peng ^a   Lin, Judy Chuan Chuan ^b   Hsiao, Kuo Lun ^c   Cheng, Li Ting ^a  

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

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blogs; Flow; Gender differences; Information sharing behaviour; Interactivity; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR MODELS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; INFORMATION SHARING; INFORMATION SHARING BEHAVIOUR; INTERACTIVE FUNCTIONS; INTERACTIVITY; SERVICE PROVIDER;

BLOGS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 77952990149     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551510363631     Document Type: Article

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