The effects of reading and writing habits on blog adoption

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 893-901

  Quadir, Benazir ^a   Chen, Nian Shing ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

blog adoption; diffusion of innovation; reading habits; writing habits

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION;

BLOG ADOPTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION THEORY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; INTERNET APPLICATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; READING HABITS; WRITING HABITS;

BLOGS;

EID: 84938549811     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2015.1022224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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