The effects of a player's network centrality on resource accessibility, game enjoyment, and continuance intention: A study on online gaming communities

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-84

  Hsiao, Cheng Chieh ^a   Chiou, Jyh Shen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Centrality; Continuance intention; Enjoyment; Massive Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG); Online gaming community; Resource; Social capital

Indexed keywords

CENTRALITY; CONTINUANCE INTENTION; ENJOYMENT; MASSIVE MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES; ON-LINE GAMING; RESOURCE; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

INTERNET;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84857063318     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2011.10.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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