Examining the antecedents of user gratification and its effects on individuals' social network services usage: The moderating role of habit

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 411-430

  Chiu, Chao Min ^a   Huang, Hsin Yi ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

continuance intention; habit; social network servicesmedia system dependency theory; uses and gratifications theory

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY; MOTIVATION;

CONTINUANCE INTENTIONS; DEPENDENCY RELATION; HABIT; SECOND-ORDER CONSTRUCTS; SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES; SYSTEM DEPENDENCIES; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS THEORIES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84953858691     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2014.9     Document Type: Article

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