The effects of sense of presence, sense of belonging, and cognitive absorption on satisfaction and user loyalty toward an immersive 3D virtual world

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

Volumn 52 LNBIP, Issue , 2010, Pages 30-43

  Kim, Dan J ^a   Zhang, Dongsong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive absorption; loyalty; satisfaction; sense of belonging; sense of presence; Virtual world

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COGNITIVE ABSORPTION; LOYALTY; SATISFACTION; SENSE OF BELONGING; SENSE OF PRESENCE; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 79551574224     PISSN: 18651348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17449-0_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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