Loyalty due to others: The relationships among challenge, interdependence, and online gamer loyalty

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 489-500

  Teng, Ching I ^a   Chen, Ming Yi ^b   Chen, Yun Jung ^a   Li, Yi Jhen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Challenge; Gamer; Interdependence; Loyalty; Online gaming

Indexed keywords

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

CHALLENGE; GAMER; INTERDEPENDENCE; LOYALTY; ON-LINE GAMING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84863731969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2012.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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