The role of external influences on organizational information security practices: An institutional perspective

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hu, Qing ^a   Hart, Paul ^a   Cooke, Donna ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information Security; Institutional Theory; Organizational Isomorphism; Sarbanes Oxley Act

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL ISOMORPHISM; SARBANES-OXLEY ACT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; PERSONNEL; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 33749608454     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2006.481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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