User attitude towards instant messaging: The effect of espoused national cultural values on awareness and privacy

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 30-57

  Cao, Jinwei ^a   Everard, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Espoused National Cultural Values; Information Privacy; Instant Messaging (IM); Personal Privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955622073     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2008.10856466     Document Type: Article

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