The Role of Gender on Bloggers ’ Switching Behaviors Exploring the Role of Gender on Bloggers ’ Switching Behaviors

Blog has become an increasingly popular form of new information technology (IT) in recent years. Many world famous web sites (e.g., Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Google) are providing blog services on the Internet. Bloggers, therefore, can easily establish and maintain their blogs through such services. However, research on blogs ’ adoption and diffusion is rare. In this study, we attempt to study bloggers ’ post-adoption behaviors. We examine bloggers ’ intention to switch their blog services building upon the marketing and IS literature. Particularly, the role of gender is explored and an online survey is conducted to test the research model. Findings confirm that bloggers ’ intention to switch their blog services is strongly associated wit