Modeling motivations for blogging: An expectancy theory analysis

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-264

  Liao, Hsiu Li ^a   Liu, Su Houn ^a   Pi, Shih Ming ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blog; Bloggers; Expectancy theory; Intention; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953678941     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2011.39.2.251     Document Type: Article

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