Research Note—Why Following Friends Can Hurt You: An Exploratory Investigation of the Effects of Envy on Social Networking Sites among College-Age Users

Hanna Krasnova
Hanna Krasnova
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Institute of Information Systems, Universität Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Thomas Widjaja
Thomas Widjaja
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Chair of Information Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Peter Buxmann
Peter Buxmann
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Chair of Information Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Helena Wenninger
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Chair of Information Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Izak Benbasat
Izak Benbasat
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Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2, Canada
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Hanna Krasnova

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Institute of Information Systems, Universität Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

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Thomas Widjaja

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Chair of Information Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany

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Peter Buxmann

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Chair of Information Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany

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Helena Wenninger

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Chair of Information Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany

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Izak Benbasat

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Published Online:17 Sep 2015https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2015.0588

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Hanna Krasnova, Thomas Widjaja, Peter Buxmann, Helena Wenninger, Izak Benbasat (2015) Research Note—Why Following Friends Can Hurt You: An Exploratory Investigation of the Effects of Envy on Social Networking Sites among College-Age Users. Information Systems Research 26(3):585-605.

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