Determinants of virtual social networks diffusion: Insights from cross-country data

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 691-700

  Krishnan, Satish ^a   Lymm, John ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Archival data; Human capital; Information infrastructure; Uncertainty avoidance; VSN diffusion

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

ARCHIVAL DATA; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION THEORY; HUMAN CAPITALS; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; NATIONAL CULTURES; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE; VIRTUAL SOCIAL NETWORKS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84945491433     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.055     Document Type: Article

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