Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and commitment behavior: An integrated model

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2219-2235

  Jo, Sooran ^a   Moon, Junghoon ^a   Garrity, Edward J ^b   Lawrence Sanders, G ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Control theory; MMORPG; Psychological ownership; Social identity; Symbolic interaction

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GAME PLAYERS; INTEGRATED MODELS; LOCK-IN; MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER; MMORPG; MMORPGS; PSYCHOLOGICAL OWNERSHIP; RESEARCH EFFORTS; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; SOCIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORIES; SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; SYMBOLIC INTERACTION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CONTROL THEORY;

EID: 84870211868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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