Application of protection motivation theory to adoption of protective technologies

Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chenoweth, Tim ^a   Minch, Robert ^a   Gattiker, Tom ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SPYWARE; BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS; COMPUTER USERS; MALWARE; PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORIES; RESEARCH MODELS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION MODELS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTIONS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

COMPUTER CRIME; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; MOTIVATION;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78650760319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2009.74     Document Type: Conference Paper

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