How far is far enough?: A measure of information privacy in terms of interpersonal distance

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-331

  Shu, Li ^a   Li, Yan Mei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Automatic machine user; Information privacy; Interpersonal distance

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34247280990     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916506290956     Document Type: Article

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