Exploring motivations of travel knowledge sharing on social network sites: An empirical investigation of U.S. college students

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 717-734

  Huang, Yinghua ^a   Basu, Choton ^b   Hsu, Maxwell K ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivations; Social network site; Travel knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956673549     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2010.508002     Document Type: Article

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