Psychological Ownership Motivation and Use of Social Media

Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 185-207

  Karahanna, Elena ^a   Xu, Sean Xin ^b   Zhang, Nan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84947418180     PISSN: 10696679     EISSN: 19447175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10696679.2015.1002336     Document Type: Article

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