"Working out for likes": An empirical study on social influence in exercise gamification

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 333-347

  Hamari, Juho ^a   Koivisto, Jonna ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Continued use; eHealth; Gamification; mHealth; Social influence; Social networking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EHEALTH; GAMIFICATION; MHEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CONTINUED USE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; NETWORK EFFECTS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SUBJECTIVE NORM; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84928503372     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.018     Document Type: Article

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