The effect of social influence on bloggers' usage intention

Online Information Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-65

  Wang, Shu Ming ^a   Lin, Judy Chuan Chuan ^b  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blogs; Communication processes; Individual perception; Information systems; Internet; Usage

Indexed keywords

BLOGGERS; BLOGGING; COMMUNICATION PROCESSES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMPIRICAL DATA; INDIRECT EFFECTS; INDIVIDUAL PERCEPTION; INFORMATION QUALITY; IS SUCCESS MODEL; KEY DETERMINANTS; MULTI-GROUP; SERVICE PROVIDER; SOCIAL FACTOR; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SYSTEM QUALITY; TECHNICAL FACTORS; USAGE; USAGE INTENTION; USERS' PERCEPTION; WEB SURVEYS;

BLOGS; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 79953889193     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521111113588     Document Type: Article

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