Purchasing behavior in social virtual worlds: An examination of Habbo Hotel

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 282-290

  Mäntymäki, Matti ^a   Salo, Jari ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Habbo Hotel; Purchasing behavior; Social virtual worlds; UTAUT; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; E-LEARNING; HOTELS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SALES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

FACILITATING CONDITIONS; ONLINE CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; PURCHASING BEHAVIORS; SENSE OF PRESENCES; SOCIAL VIRTUAL WORLDS; THE UNIFIED THEORY OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY(UTAUT); UTAUT; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84872107446     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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