Understanding virtual world usage: A multipurpose model and empirical testing

17th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Verhagen, Tibert ^a   Feldberg, Frans ^a   Van Den Hooff, Bart ^a   Meents, Selmar ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adoption behavior; Entertainment value; Escapism; Extrinsic motivation; Intrinsic motivation; Multipurpose information system; Virtual worlds; Visual attractiveness

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; ENTERTAINMENT VALUE; ESCAPISM; EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; VIRTUAL WORLDS; VISUAL ATTRACTIVENESS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84870693604     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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