Fighting identity theft: The coping perspective

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 353-363

  Lai, Fujun ^a,b   Li, Dahui ^c   Hsieh, Chang Tseh ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Identity theft; Perceived effectiveness; Security; Self efficacy; Social influence

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

COPING; IDENTITY THEFT; PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS; SECURITY; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL INFLUENCE;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 82255175850     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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