THOMAS CHESNEY's Outputs (2)

Prior knowledge: the role of virtual worlds in venture creation (2014)
Journal Article
Hannah, N., & Thomas, C. (2014). Prior knowledge: the role of virtual worlds in venture creation. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 21(3), 403-413. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-04-2014-0057

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Determinants of Friendship in Social Networking Virtual Worlds (2014)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Chuah, S.-H., Hull, W., Hoffmann, R., & Larner, J. (2014). Determinants of Friendship in Social Networking Virtual Worlds. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 34, 1397-1416. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.03472

This paper examines the determinants of friendship between two users in a virtual world who are unaware of each other's real identities. Drawing on theories of homophily, heterophily and propinquity, three virtual world behaviours are analysed: avata... Read More about Determinants of Friendship in Social Networking Virtual Worlds.