Understanding users' continued use of online games: An application of UTAUT2 in social network games

MMEDIA - International Conferences on Advances in Multimedia

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 58-65

  Xu, Xiaoyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

IS continuance; Online games; Social network games; UTAUT2

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

CONTINUANCE INTENTIONS; IS CONTINUANCE; MODERATING EFFECT; ON-LINE GAMES; PERCEIVED ENJOYMENT; RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORK GAMES; UTAUT2;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84907896009     PISSN: 23084448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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