Attracted to or locked in? predicting continuance intention in social virtual world services

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 273-306

  Zhou, Zhongyun ^a   Fang, Yulin ^b   Vogel, Douglas ^b   Jin, Xiao Ling ^c   Zhang, Xi ^d  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

commitment; continuance intention; dedication constraint dual model; Second Life; social virtual world services

Indexed keywords

COMMITMENT; CONTINUANCE INTENTION; DUAL MODEL; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84867288524     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222290108     Document Type: Article

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