The impact of qualities of social network service on the continuance usage intention

Management Decision

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 701-729

  Lee, Sangjae ^a   Kim, Byung Gon ^b  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Namseoul University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Continuance usage intention; Flow; Relationship quality; SNS qualities; Social network services (SNS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018332966     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-10-2016-0731     Document Type: Article

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