TY - JOUR A1 - Weber, Sven A1 - Beck, Roman A1 - König, Wolfgang T1 - The role of information overload to participate in social networks T2 - EFL quarterly : an E-Finance Lab publication N2 - SOCIAL NETWORKS ARE COMMONLY USED IN PRIVATE AND BUSINESS LIFE. DIFFERENT STUDIES OUTLINE THAT THIS TREND WILL INCREASE IN THE NEARER FUTURE. IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE BEHAVIORAL INTENTION TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL NETWORKS OF NEXT GENERATION EMPLOYEES, WE EXTENDED THE WELL-ESTABLISHED THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR TO HABIT AND INFORMATION OVERLOAD. USING SURVEY DATA FROM 262 PARTICIPANTS, WE FOUND THAT THE OVERLOAD OF INFORMATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL NETWORKS, BESIDES THE HABIT TO USE SUCH NETWORKS. Y1 - 2013 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/57948 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-579483 SN - 1866-1238 VL - 2013 IS - 3 SP - 4 EP - 5 PB - E-Finance Lab e.V. CY - Frankfurt am Main ER -