A socio-behavioral study of home computer users' intention to practice security

9th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: I.T. and Value Creation, PACIS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 234-247

  Ng, Boon Yuen ^a   Rahim, Mohammad Azree ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computer security; End user computing; Mass media; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER USERS; CYBERSPACES; DECOMPOSED THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; END USER COMPUTING; MASS MEDIA; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; SECURITY ISSUES; SELF EFFICACY; SUBJECTIVE NORM; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 80053545071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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