...Yi-Hsuan Lee; Chan Hsiao; Jingjing Weng; Yi-Hsuan Chen Purpose This study examines whether relational capital influences self-disclosure behavior through the mechanism of needs-based motivation in virtual communities. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts hierarchical linear model (HLM...

...Helen Hasan and Henry Linger; Katherine Choy; Daniel Schlagwein Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to better understand the relation between information technology (IT) affordances and donor motivations in charitable crowdfunding. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reports...

... of flow states on the Web are reported directly from subjects’ responses, such as merging of action and awareness, a loss of self‐consciousness, the sense of time distortion, enjoyment, and telepresence. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Internet User studies Motivation Individual behaviour Human...