An integrative research framework for the online social network service

Service Business

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-276

  Lee, Sang M ^a   Chen, Liqiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Appreciative inquiry; Online social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052067756     PISSN: 18628516     EISSN: 18628508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11628-011-0113-y     Document Type: Article

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