Organizational software piracy: An empirical assessment

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 437-444

  Mishra, Alok ^a   Akman, Ibrahim ^a   Yazici, Ali ^b  

^a ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Academic; ANOVA; Government; Internet; Organizational piracy; Piracy; Piracy factors; Private; Sectors; Software piracy

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SECURITY OF DATA; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GOVERNMENT SECTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL PIRACY; PIRACY FACTORS;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 34547951358     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500483577     Document Type: Article

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