Understanding the usage of global social networking sites by Arabs through the lens of uses and gratifications theory

Ibrahim M Al-Jabri (Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), M. Sadiq Sohail (Department of Management and Marketing, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Nelson Oly Ndubisi (Department of Management & Marketing, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Cluster, Covenant Business School, Ota, Nigeria)