How to intensify the individual's feelings of belonging to a social networking site?: Contributions from community drivers and post-adoption behaviours

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1137-1154

  Sánchez Franco, Manuel J ^a   Buitrago Esquinas, Eva M ^a   Yñiguez, Rocío ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Communities; Community satisfaction; Interaction effects; Perceived community support; Routinisation; Social networking sites; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863448520     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211238373     Document Type: Article

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