The quality of online privacy policies: A resource-dependency perspective

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 19-37

  Storey, Veda C ^a   Kane, Gerald C ^b   Schwaig, Kathy Stewart ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Michael J Coles College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; Fair information practices; Online privacy; Resource dependency theory

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES; INFORMATION PRACTICES; INFORMATION PRIVACY; ONLINE PRIVACY; PERSONAL INFORMATION; PERSONAL PRIVATE INFORMATIONS; RESOURCE DEPENDENCIES; RESOURCE DEPENDENCY THEORIES;

DATA PRIVACY;

EID: 73349122161     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: 15338010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2009040102     Document Type: Article

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