Computer use ethics among university students and staffs:The influence of gender, religious work value and organizational level

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 328-343

  Mohamed, Norshidah ^a   Shahriza Abdul Karim, nor ^a   Hussein, Ramlah ^b  

^a AZMAN HASHIM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Malaysia)

^b SUNWAY UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Computer ethics; Ethics; Individual behaviour; Islam; Islamic work ethics; Malaysia; Religion; Religious work ethics; Values and ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868519110     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650741211275099     Document Type: Article

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