Why they enjoy using this gaming application?

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2205-2218

  Wu, Jiming ^a   Li, Pengtao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intention; Enjoyment; Online gaming

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; CRITICAL FACTORS; ENJOYMENT; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; ON-LINE GAMES; ON-LINE GAMING; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

INTERNET;

EID: 84870197647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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