Understanding continuous use of virtual communities: A comparison of four theoretical perspectives

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 753-762

  Ham, Juyeon ^a   Park, Jihun ^b   Lee, Jae Nam ^a   Moon, Jae Yun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute for Defense Analyse   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BASE MODELS; COMPETING MODELS; CONTINUED USE; IS CONTINUANCE; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SURVEY DATA; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84863238164     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2012.612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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