The moderating effects of privacy restrictiveness and experience on trusting beliefs and habit: An empirical test of intention to continue using a social networking website

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 654-665

  Lankton, Nancy K ^a   McKnight, D Harrison ^b   Thatcher, Jason Bennett ^c  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuance intention; habit; privacy restrictiveness; social networking; trust

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; CONTINUANCE INTENTION; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; EMPIRICAL TEST; FACEBOOK; HABIT; MODERATING EFFECT; PERSONAL INFORMATION; PRIVACY CONTROL; SUBJECTIVE NORM; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION; TRUST; USERS SET;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84867865003     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2011.2179048     Document Type: Article

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