Forming relationship commitments to online communities: The role of social motivations

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 570-575

  Wang, Edward Shih Tse ^a   Chen, Lily Shui Lien ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Commitment; Online community; Social interaction ties; Social motives

Indexed keywords

COMMITMENT; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL MOTIVES; SOCIAL NORM; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84855536011     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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