Online communities: Satisfaction and continued use intention

Information Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Apostolou, Barbara ^a   Bélanger, France ^b   Schaupp, Ludwig Christian ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

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