Overcoming online information privacy concerns: An information-processing theory approach

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 13-42

  Hann, Il Horn ^a   Hui, Kai Lung ^b   Lee, Sang Yong Tom ^c   Png, Ivan P L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Expectancy theory; Financial reward; Information privacy; Online privacy; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CONJOINT ANALYSIS; EXPECTANCY THEORY; FINANCIAL REWARD; INFORMATION-PROCESSING THEORY; ONILNE PRIVACY; ONLINE INFORMATION PRIVACY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 38349195111     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222240202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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