The it security adoption conundrum: An initial step toward validation of applicable measures

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1452-1459

  Warkentin, Merrill ^a   Shropshire, Jordan ^a   Johnston, Allen C ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Assurance; Behavior; Construct; Formative; Individual; Reflective; Scale; Security; TAM; Technology adoption; UTAUT; Validation; Validity

Indexed keywords

ASSURANCE; BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCT; FORMATIVE; INDIVIDUAL; REFLECTIVE; SCALE; SECURITY; TAM; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; UTAUT; VALIDATION; VALIDITY;

DECISION THEORY; RESEARCH; SECURITY OF DATA; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870167456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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