Teaching critical evaluation skills for World Wide Web resources
Computers in Libraries
Quality information and knowledge
Quality information and knowledge
Grouper: a dynamic clustering interface to Web search results
WWW '99 Proceedings of the eighth international conference on World Wide Web
Extending the TAM for a World-Wide-Web context
Information and Management
Ask-an-expert services analysis
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Characteristics of question format web queries: an exploratory study
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Differences and similarities in information seeking: children and adults as web users
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal - Issues of context in information retrieval
An empirical study on predicting user acceptance of e-shopping on the Web
Information and Management
Why do people play on-line games? an extended TAM with social influences and flow experience
Information and Management
Extrinsic versus intrinsic motivations for consumers to shop on-line
Information and Management
Design aesthetics leading to m-loyalty in mobile commerce
Information and Management
Consumer behavior in online game communities: A motivational factor perspective
Computers in Human Behavior
Journal of Management Information Systems
Exploring Perceptions of Organizational Ownership of Information and Expertise
Journal of Management Information Systems
The effects of Need for Cognition on Internet use revisited
Computers in Human Behavior
Navigation methods of special needs users in multimedia systems
Computers in Human Behavior
Thinking style impacts on Web search strategies
Computers in Human Behavior
Computers in Human Behavior
Computers in Human Behavior
How does background music tempo work for online shopping?
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
"What's coming next?" Epistemic curiosity and lurking behavior in online communities
Computers in Human Behavior
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Porter sites have tried to increase their business potentials by helping users easily engage in diverse online activities such as search, entertainment, online communities, and others. Knowledge search engine is one of the most successful killer applications increasing user loyalty. However, most studies have independently focused on search engine technology such as search keyword algorithm, presentation of information and user characteristics such as cognitive style, search experiences, and skill levels. However, these previous studies lack an integrated understanding of causal links among critical factors predicting user motives and intention involving more situation-specific user characteristics. To fill these gaps in the literature, the present study focuses on whether knowledge characteristics such as specialization, preciseness, and diversity, and system characteristics such as interactivity, responsiveness, and communication richness are important in forming user motives and intention. The present study also identifies a moderating role of epistemic curiosity in the links between motives and intention. Two hundred and fifty-five data from Korean university students confirmed that knowledge and services characteristics such as specialty, preciseness, diversity, communication richness improve user motives, which have a positive impact on intention. Epistemic curiosity has a moderating effect on the links between motives and intention. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in conclusion.