Roles of alternative and self-oriented perspectives in the context of the continued use of social network sites

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 496-511

  Kang, Young Sik ^a   Min, Jinyoung ^b   Kim, Jeoungkun ^c   Lee, Heeseok ^b  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Continued IS use; IS habit; Regret; Self image congruity; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

AUTOMATIC MECHANISMS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONTINUED IS USE; NOMOLOGICAL NETWORKS; REGRET; SELF-IMAGE CONGRUITY; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES( SNS);

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84874069540     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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