The effect of social capital and altruism on seniors' revisit intention to social network sites for tourism-related purposes

Tourism Management

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-107

  Kim, Myung Ja ^a   Lee, Choong Ki ^a   Bonn, Mark ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Revisit intention; Seniors; Social capital; Social network sites; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; TOURISM; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84942851215     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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