Personality traits and concern for privacy: An empirical study in the context of location-based services

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-402

  Junglas, Iris A ^a   Johnson, Norman A ^a   Spitzmüller, Christiane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Concern for privacy; Location based services; Personality traits; Privacy; Protection motivation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 54449093990     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2008.29     Document Type: Article

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