Antecedents of relational inertia and information sharing in SNS usage: The moderating role of structural autonomy

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-47

  Cheon, Young joon ^a   Choi, Se Kyoung ^b   Kim, Jinwoo ^c   Kwak, Kyu Tae ^d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Small Business Institute   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Honam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inertia; Information sharing; Network structure; SNS; Social network; Structural autonomy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

INERTIA; INFORMATION SHARING; NETWORK STRUCTURES; SNS; STRUCTURAL AUTONOMY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84929656871     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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