Travelers' social identification and membership behaviors in online travel community

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1262-1270

  Qu, Hailin ^a   Lee, Haeyoung ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Community identification; Membership behaviors; Online travel community; Social identification

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTERNET; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960296429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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