Understanding Chinese users' continuance intention toward online social networks: An integrative theoretical model

Electronic Markets

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-66

  Sun, Yuan ^a   Liu, Ling ^b   Peng, Xinmin ^c   Dong, Yi ^d   Barnes, Stuart J ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG WANLI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuance intention; Flow theory; IS continuance theory; Online social network; Social capital theory; UTAUT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896405926     PISSN: 10196781     EISSN: 14228890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12525-013-0131-9     Document Type: Article

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