Online social networks as a source and symbol of stress: An empirical analysis

International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1399-1417

  Maier, Christian ^a   Laumer, Sven ^a   Eckhardt, Andreas ^b   Weitzel, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous usage; Facebook; Online social networks; Scale development; Stress; Stressors; Structural equation modeling; User behavior; User satisfaction; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS USAGE; FACEBOOK; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; SCALE DEVELOPMENT; STRESSORS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; USER BEHAVIORS; USER SATISFACTION; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STRESSES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84886464913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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