Consumer motivations in taking action against spyware: An empirical investigation

Information Management and Computer Security

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-289

  Gurung, Anil ^a   Luo, Xin ^b   Liao, Qinyu ^c  

^a NEUMANN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer software; Consumer behaviour; Data security; Motivation (psychology)

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SPYWARES; BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; BUSINESS MANAGERS; CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR; DATA SECURITY; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EASE OF USE; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; END-USERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SECURITY PROFESSIONALS; IS ADOPTION; IT ADOPTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MOTIVATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ONLINE SURVEYS; PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY; RESEARCH MODELS; SECURITY MECHANISM; SECURITY THREATS; SELF EFFICACY; SPY-WARE; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SECURITY OF DATA; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; WORD PROCESSING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 70349151365     PISSN: 09685227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09685220910978112     Document Type: Review

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