A holistic model of computer abuse within organizations

Information Management & Computer Security

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 57-63

  Lee, Jintae ^a   Lee, Younghwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer security; Computers; Theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; SECURITY OF DATA;

COMPUTER ABUSE; HOLISTIC MODELS;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 0036064934     PISSN: 09685227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09685220210424104     Document Type: Article

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