Online social networks: Why we disclose

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-125

  Krasnova, Hanna ^a   Spiekermann, Sarah ^b   Koroleva, Ksenia ^a   Hildebrand, Thomas ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

information disclosure; motivation; online communities; online social networks; privacy; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953859855     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2010.6     Document Type: Article

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