Internet Research: Volume 22 Issue 1

How social identification and trust influence organizational online knowledge sharing

Li‐An Ho, Tsung‐Hsien Kuo, Binshan Lin

The purpose of this study is to propose a conceptual structural equation model to, first, investigate the relationships among knowledge management (KM) system quality, employees'…

Factor analysis of Internet traffic destinations from similar source networks

Felipe Mata, José Luis García‐Dorado, Javier Aracil, Jorge E. López de Vergara

This study aims to assess whether similar user populations in the Internet produce similar geographical traffic destination patterns on a per‐country basis.

Social research 2.0: virtual snowball sampling method using Facebook

Fabiola Baltar, Ignasi Brunet

The aim of this paper is to present a sampling method using virtual networks to study “hard‐to‐reach” populations. In the ambit of social research, the use of new technologies is…

Exploring satisfaction with the portal's “Cs”: assessing US and Korean preferences

Sung‐Eon Kim, Kirk P. Arnett

Horizontal mega portals power the Internet by guiding millions of users who wish to communicate, search, shop, and perform a multitude of other tasks made possible via the…

A study of purchasing behavior in Taiwan's online auction websites: Effects of uncertainty and gender differences

Jih‐Chun Yeh, Kuo‐Lun Hsiao, Wei‐Ning Yang

Recently, an increasing number of Internet users have begun to purchase various products, both secondhand and new, from online auction websites. However, some Internet users are…