The role of push-pull technology in privacy calculus: The case of location-based services

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 135-174

  Xu, Heng ^a   Teo, Hock Hai ^b   Tan, Bernard C Y ^b   Agarwal, Ritu ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Distributive justice; Government regulation; Industry self regulation; Information delivery mechanisms; Location based services (LBS); Privacy calculus; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEREGULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LOCATION; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATIONS; INFORMATION DELIVERY; PROCEDURAL JUSTICE;

LOCATION BASED SERVICES;

EID: 77749333391     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222260305     Document Type: Article

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