Understanding helping intention and its antecedents among instant messaging users

Online Information Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 386-400

  Lin, Chieh Peng ^a   Chiu, Chou Kang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive capital; Digital communication systems; Helping intention; Internet; Online social capital; Relational capital; Structural capital

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE CAPITAL; DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS; HELPING INTENTION; RELATIONAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITALS; STRUCTURAL CAPITAL;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MESSAGE PASSING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SURVEYS;

EID: 79959883075     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521111151432     Document Type: Article

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