Factors influencing the continuance intention to the usage of Web 2.0: An empirical study

Abstract: New business models and applications have been continuously developed and popularized on the Internet. In recent years, a number of applications including blogs, Facebook, iGoogle, Plurk, Twitter, and YouTube known as Web 2.0 have become very popular. These aforementioned applications all...

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Publicado en:Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 933 - 942
Autores principales: Chen, Shih-Chih, Yen, David C., Hwang, Mark I.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. May2012
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          Yen, David C.
          Hwang, Mark I.
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          Department of Information Management, Tatung University, 40 Chungshan N. Rd., Sec. 3, Taipei 104, Taiwan
          Department of DSC & MIS, Farmer School of Business, 2042C, FSB, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
          Business Information Systems Department, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA
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        Facebook (Web resource)
        YouTube (Web resource)
        Web 2.0
        Empirical research
        Customer satisfaction
        Internet
        Satisfaction
        World Wide Web
        Blogs
        Social media
        Business models
        Internet searching
        Online social networks
        Application software
        Intention
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          Web 2.0
          Empirical research
          Customer satisfaction
          Internet
          Satisfaction
          World Wide Web
          Blogs
          Social media
          Software Publishers
          Software publishers (except video game publishers)
          Custom Computer Programming Services
          Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
          Wired Telecommunications Carriers
          Business models
          Internet searching
          Online social networks
          Application software
          Intention
          Facebook (Web resource)
          YouTube (Web resource)
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        Critical mass
        Electronic word-of-mouth
        Image
        Subjective norm
        Critical mass
        Electronic word-of-mouth
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      ab: Abstract: New business models and applications have been continuously developed and popularized on the Internet. In recent years, a number of applications including blogs, Facebook, iGoogle, Plurk, Twitter, and YouTube known as Web 2.0 have become very popular. These aforementioned applications all have a strong social flavor. However, what social factors exert an influence onto their use is still unclear and remains as a research issue to be further investigated. This research studies four social factors and they are subjective norm, image, critical mass, and electronic word-of-mouth. A causal model of the satisfaction and continuance intention of Web 2.0 users as a function of these four social factors is proposed. Results indicate that user satisfaction with Web 2.0 applications significantly affects electronic word-of-mouth, which in turn significantly influences their continuance intention. In addition, subjective norm, image and critical mass all have a significant impact onto satisfaction, which in turn has an indirect significant influence on electronic word-of-mouth. Finally, all social factors have a significant direct impact on continuance intention. Finally, implications for service providers and researchers are discussed.
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