The influence of social presence on virtual community participation: The relational view based on commitment-trust theory (Research-in-Progress)

PACIS 2011 - 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Quality Research in Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wang, Kai ^a   Tai, Chi Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Commitment trust theory; Continual participation; Sense of virtual community; Social presence; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

COMMITMENT-TRUST THEORY; CONTINUAL PARTICIPATION; SENSE OF VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; SOCIAL PRESENCE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84862937466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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