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http://dx.doi.org/10.21219/jitam.2016.23.2.207

Factors affecting the User Satisfaction and Continuance Usage Intention of Social Network Service  

Kim, Byung-Gon (Namseoul University)
Yoon, Il-Ki (Namseoul University)
Park, Heung-Soon (Graduate School, Namseoul University)
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Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management / v.23, no.2, 2016 , pp. 207-224 More about this Journal
Abstract
Investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) around the world have grown at an enormous rate over the past two decades, which reflects a new emphasis on consumer mobile devices. A social network service (SNS) is an online service that aims to build social relations among people who share interests and activities. The role of SNS is enormous for communicating ideas and opinions among social participants. The use of SNS has recently become one of the most popular social activities worldwide. This research investigated relation between personal characteristics, social characteristics and user satisfaction on SNS then, analyzed how these factors affecting continuance usage intention on SNS users. The conclusion is summarized as below. The study results show that informativeness, pleasure, innovativeness, relationship and empathy of SNS are having positive impact to some degree on the user satisfaction. Further, the user satisfaction of SNS users and quality of life have a positive impact on the continuance usage intention of SNS users. This results show that various SNS qualities are necessary to actively explore and obtain further information that users intend to find, while they are insufficient in function to provide the information other users require or exchange information with other users through the SNS.
Keywords
Social Network Service (SNS); Personal Characteristics; Social Characteristics; User Satisfaction; Quality of Life; Continuance Usage Intention;
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