User behaviour towards protective information technologies: The role of national cultural differences

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-412

  Dinev, Tamara ^a   Goo, Jahyun ^a   Hu, Qing ^a   Nam, Kichan ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cross cultural differences; Culture; Information security; Protective information technologies; Spyware

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650318762     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2007.00289.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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