How social influence affects we-intention to use instant messaging: The moderating effect of usage experience

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-169

  Shen, Aaron X L ^a   Cheung, Christy M K ^b   Lee, Matthew K O ^c   Chen, Huaping ^d  

^a City University of Hong Kong Joint Advanced Research Center   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Desire; Experience; Instant messaging; Social computing; Social influence; We intention; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

DESIRE; EXPERIENCE; INSTANT MESSAGING; SOCIAL COMPUTING; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; WE-INTENTION; WEB 2.0;

MESSAGE PASSING; USER INTERFACES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 80051670373     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-009-9193-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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