An investigation of information sharing and seeking behaviors in online investment communities

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Park, Jae Hong ^a   Gu, Bin ^b   Leung, Alvin Chung Man ^c   Konana, Prabhudev ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intentions; Information seeking and sharing behaviors; Social psychological theory; Stock message boards; Weak tie network

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS; MESSAGE BOARDS; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL MODELING;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION USE; INVESTMENTS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84887055065     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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