Software piracy in the workplace: A model and empirical test

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-177

  Peace, A Graham ^a   Galletta, Dennis F ^b   Thong, James Y L ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computer ethics; Deterrence theory; Expected utility theory; Software piracy; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERS; INFORMATION SCIENCE;

COMPUTER ETHICS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0041426663     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2003.11045759     Document Type: Article

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