Predicting continuance in online communities: Model development and empirical test

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-394

  Jin, Xiao Ling ^a   Lee, Matthew K O ^a   Cheung, Christy M K ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

affective commitment; entertainment value; information systems continuance; online community; purposive value; user satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL TEST; INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONTINUANCE; IS CONTINUANCE; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE SURVEYS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; RESEARCH MODELS; THEORY BUILDING; USER SATISFACTION; WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WEBSITES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953724925     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290903398190     Document Type: Article

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