The value of privacy assurance: An exploratory field experiment

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-33

  Hui, Kai Lung ^a   Teo, Hock Hai ^b   Lee, Sang Yong Tom ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Information request; Monetary incentive; Privacy assurance; Privacy seal; Privacy statement

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEBSITES;

INFORMATION REQUESTS; PRIVACY ASSURANCES; PRIVACY SEALS; PRIVACY STATEMENTS; REAL DOMAIN NAME;

DATA PRIVACY;

EID: 33847712553     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148779     Document Type: Article

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