Altruism or egoism–how do game features motivate cooperation? An investigation into user we-intention and I-intention

M Riar, B Morschheuser, R Zarnekow… - Behaviour & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Achieving cooperation between individuals is challenging and often driven by self-beneficial
motives. On the other hand, people also seem capable of subordinating their personal …

How does escapism foster game experience and game use?

TL Huang, JR Yeh, GY Liao, TCE Cheng… - Decision Support …, 2024 - Elsevier
Online games represent a rapidly growing and competitive global market for technology
firms. Games are viewed as places where people can temporarily escape from reality …

External articulation and internal stabilization: Using identification stages to enhance online gamer loyalty

CI Teng, TL Huang, GL Huang, AR Dennis… - Decision Support …, 2024 - Elsevier
Social identification theory (SIT) posits that social identification predicts individuals'
commitment and loyalty. However, SIT has not clarified the mechanism underlying the …

Knowledge sharing leads to engagement during Covid-19 for online gamers

J Paul, M Akbari, S Mondal, S Das - Information & Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Online games have emerged as a breath of fresh air in the lives of the current digital
generation amidst the backdrop of COVID-19 and subsequent global lockdowns. Within …

How strategic, offensive, and defensive engagement impact gamers' need satisfaction, loyalty, and game usage

CI Teng, TL Huang, ZH Yang, WJ Wu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Online games are popular digital technologies that enable gamers to engage in competitive
play. However, little is known about how competitive engagement satisfies gamer needs and …

Cooperate to play: How in-game cooperation knowledge impacts online gamer loyalty

TTL Pham, TL Huang, GY Liao, YJ Chou… - Computers in Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Online games are prominent computer applications worldwide. Gamers form teams to
cooperate to achieve gaming goals. If gamers do not have in-game cooperation knowledge …

Run for the group: Examining the effects of group-level social interaction features of fitness apps on exercise participation

Z Liu, Y Zhang, J Zhang, X Song - Decision Support Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Mobile fitness apps have gained popularity as a way of improving healthy behaviors. This
study investigates the design and influence of fitness apps from a novel “group” perspective …

From skill growth expectancy to online game commitment

TL Huang, CN Wu, MH Chang, GY Liao… - Computers in Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Players' game commitment is relevant and important to game makers. Hence, we need to
know how to strengthen players' game commitment. The literature pointed out that two …

Tomorrow will be better: gamers' expectation and game usage

TL Huang, GY Liao, TCE Cheng, WX Chen… - Computers in Human …, 2024 - Elsevier
Online games generate enormous revenues for game makers, but game makers encounter
the difficulty in ensuring that in-game tasks are sufficiently challenging to elicit achievement …

Harvesting sustainability: how social capital fosters cohesive relationships between green social media influencers and consumers to drive electronic word‐of‐mouth …

ML Cheung, WKS Leung, MK Chang… - Psychology & …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
This research explores how green social media influencers affect consumers' electronic
word‐of‐mouth behaviour regarding green products by develo** cohesive relationships …