An empirical study of flow experiences in social network sites

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wu, Hsiu Lan ^a   Wang, Jau Wen ^a  

^a FORTUNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavioral intentions; Flow theory; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FLOW EXPERIENCE; FLOW THEORY; ON-LINE SERVICE; ONLINE USERS; PERCEIVED ENJOYMENT; RESEARCH MODELS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84862973300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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