... attention to support and encourage social interaction to enhance browsing experiences on a SSW. Originality/value Existing studies about browsing behavior mostly focus on traditional online e-commerce website. This study represents the first step toward understanding browsing activity on SSW. Moreover...

... conducive to shopping and purchase behavior is not known. Emergent 3-DVEs are those which rely on in-environment user interaction to shape the 3-DVE environment. Therefore, a “pure” test of flow in such a 3-DVE, isolated from other “flow-like” concepts, and using multi and unidimensional measures has been...

... Behaviour Behavioural theories Empirical study E-service Cognitive theories Figure 1 Conceptual framework for hedonic app involvement Figure 2 Conceptual framework for utilitarian app involvement The profiles of app users may vary based on the consumption goals...

...Moutusy Maity; Kallol Bagchi; Arunima Shah; Ankita Misra Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify a model that provides explanations for normative behavior in information technology (IT) use, and to test the model across two different types of normative behavior (i.e. green information...

...@gmail.com 26 05 2018 30 06 2018 14 07 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Behaviour Technology adoption Adoption Developing countries E-commerce Online shopping End users B2B B2C B2G G2C Given...

... in a different context and has a different purpose than games (Robson et al., 2015). Similarly, according to Xu et al. (2017) , “gamification differs with games at the purpose of play. Gamification focuses on changing players’ behaviour, engagement with their environment and co-players who may...

... game market has achieved a volume of CNY32.08bn (equivalent to $5.17bn) in the first quarter of 2015, accounting for 31 percent of the total revenue in Chinese network game industry. In explaining everyday behavior, habits denote one’s customary and continuous ways of behaving (Ouellette...

..., as this is a factor which has been largely ignored in contemporary accounts of compliance behaviour. This study is also original, in that it fills a methodological gap, by balancing the voices of both user representatives and senior organisational stakeholders, in a single study. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018...

.... Sajad Rezaei can be contacted at: mmg.sajad@gmail.com 23 12 2015 12 08 2016 10 11 2016 14 01 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Behaviour Partial least squares E-marketing E-tailing...

...); and analyzing whether customer community participation influences a customer’s subsequent purchase behavior (Algesheimer et al., 2010 ; Rishika et al., 2013). A number of studies have examined how companies can best integrate their enterprise microblogs for developing brand communities...

... know if they are present at all, which amplifies the disinhibition effect (Suler, 2004). Behaviour change Behaviour Virtual community Socio-technical theory Online communication frameworks are showing rapid usage and growth over the last decade; computer bulletin boards, instant...

..., users, site designers and academics. Jack is a final year undergraduate student studying away from home. He is a member of various sports clubs and societies and spends a lot of time at their social events, which often include heavy drinking and risqué behavior. He and his friends are avid Facebook...

... health actions are greater than the barrier perceptions, then the individual is more likely to adopt the behavior (Kim et al., 2012). This is because they must believe the action to be effective and must associate it with the likelihood of preventing a health outcome. This is necessary...

... and calculative commitment, which in turn affect knowledge outcomes, suggesting the important role of the perceived quality in stimulating a member’s post-adoption reactions. Originality/value This study contributes to the research on post-adoption behavior in an e-community context by accounting...

... management on social media. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Organizational change Behaviour Interpretivist research Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Recent industry reports suggest that organizations are increasingly sophisticated in their use of social media...

... spaces in which C2C communication can actively occur within brand communities, for example, in a discussion forum. Dong-Hee Shin can be contacted at: dshin1030@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Behaviour Brands Community Online shopping A brand community...

...Li-Chun Huang; Wen-Lung Shiau Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that affect how people maintain their friendships by using information on Plurk. Design/methodology/approach – This study extended the Theory of Planned Behavior model to include both...

... linked to the second-order factor. User competence is then significantly related to IS infusion, both explorative use and exploitative use. Research limitations/implications – This study discusses individual usage behavior related to IS infusion usage. The authors conceptualized that exploitative...

...Alemayehu Molla; Ahmad Abareshi; Vanessa Cooper Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the beliefs and attitudinal factors that affect the private sphere pro-environmental behavior of information technology (IT) professionals in using personal computers. Design/methodology/approach...

... Continuance Behaviour Partial least squares Online learning Learning Students Hong Kong Information technology (IT) has been increasingly leveraged to support teaching and learning in classrooms (Martins and Kellermanns, 2004 ; Voogt et al., 2005 ; Selwyn, 2007 ; Wan et al...