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Unemployment, personality traits, and the use of Facebook does online social support influence continuous use? |
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| Author: | Ukpabi, Dandison C.1; Olawumi, Olayemi2; Balogun, Oluwafemi Samson2; |
| Organizations: |
1University of Jyväskylä, Finland 2University of Eastern Finland, Finland 3Horizons University, Paris, France
4University of Oulu, Finland
5Business School, University of Ghana, Ghana 6Centre for Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (CEMRI), Abuja, Nigeria 7University of Turku, Finland 8University of the Free State, South Africa 9University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Format: | article |
| Version: | published version |
| Access: | open |
| Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.7 MB) |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202103258335 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
IGI Global,
2021
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| Publish Date: | 2021-03-25 |
| Description: |
AbstractDifferent personality traits respond differently to unfavourable life situations. Unemployment can have several negative social, economic, and domestic consequences. Many people use social media for a variety of reasons. The aim of this study is to examine the way different personality traits respond to Facebook in the period of unemployment. Data was obtained from 3,002 unemployed respondents in Nigeria. The study used regression model to analyse the data. Among the five personality traits, results indicated that the relationship between neuroticism and online social support was negative. However, the relationship between online social support and satisfaction was positive. The study highlights several theoretical and practical implications. see all
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| Series: |
International journal of e-adoption |
| ISSN: | 1937-9633 |
| ISSN-E: | 1937-9641 |
| ISSN-L: | 1937-9633 |
| ISBN Print: | 978-1-7998-6020-4 |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 56 - 72 |
| DOI: | 10.4018/IJEA.2021010104 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.4018/IJEA.2021010104 |
| Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
| Field of Science: |
113 Computer and information sciences 512 Business and management 518 Media and communications |
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| Copyright information: |
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