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The Effects of Game User's Social Capital and Self-Construal on SNG Reuse Intention and Charge Item Purchasing Intention Through Behavioral Adaptation

게임 이용자의 사회자본과 자기해석이 행동적 적응을 통해 SNG재이용의도 및 유료아이템 구매의도에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2018.05.23
  • Accepted : 2018.06.26
  • Published : 2018.06.30

Abstract

Purpose Recently, with the enhancement of mobile technologies, people have formed various relationships and spreaded networks on social network service(SNS). In addition, although people make a decision based on the thoughts and emotions about self, there is little empirical research on social relations and self-construal of users in social network game (SNG). Design/methodology/approach This study was designed to examine the structural relationships among SNG users' social capital, self-construal, behavioral adaptation, SNG reuse intention and charged item purchasing intention. Findings The results from this study are as follow. First of all, the bonding social capital did not have a significant impact on behavioral adaptation to SNG, but bridging social capital had a positive impact on behavioral adaptation. Second, independent self-construal did not have a significant impact on behavioral adaptation to SNG, but interdependent self-construal had a positive impact on behavioral adaptation. Lastly, the behavioral adaptation to SNG had a positive impact reuse intention and charged item purchasing intention. Also, SNG reuse intention had a positive impact on charged item purchasing intention.

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