User adoption of social networking sites: Eliciting uses and gratifications through a means–end approach

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1039-1053

  Pai, Peiyu ^a   Arnott, David C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laddering interviews; Means end chains; Social networking sites; Uses and gratifications theory

Indexed keywords

CHAINS;

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION MEDIA; LADDERING INTERVIEWS; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES (SNSS); USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS THEORIES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADOPTION; DNA DEGRADATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84868484515     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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