Locus of control and location privacy, an empirical study in Singapore

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 63-87

  Xu, Heng ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

I and individual differences; Information privacy; Location based services LBS; Locus of control LOC

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053127414     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2010.10856520     Document Type: Article

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