Are there cultural differences in how we play? Examining cultural effects on playing social network games

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1307-1314

  Lee, Yu Hao ^a   Wohn, Donghee Yvette ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Cultural effects; Expected outcomes; Individualism; Social network games

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVISM; CULTURAL EFFECTS; EXPECTED OUTCOMES; INDIVIDUALISM; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84862823254     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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