Antecedents and consequences of the perceived usefulness of smoking cessation online health communities

Purpose An empirical study investigated the antecedents to perceived usefulness (PU) and its consequences in the context of smoking cessation online health communities (OHCs). Design/methodology/approach To validate a research model for perceived informational support, perceived emotional support and perceived esteem support, the authors conducted a partial-least-squares analysis of empirical data from an online survey ( N = 173) of users of two...