Internet privacy concerns: An integrated conceptualization and four empirical studies

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 275-298

  Hong, Weiyin ^a,b   Thong, James Y L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Higher order factors; Information privacy concerns; Internet privacy concerns; LISREL; Multidimensional development theory; Nomological validity; Online privacy

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; WEBSITES;

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; HIGHER-ORDER; INFORMATION PRIVACY CONCERNS; INTERNET PRIVACY; LISREL; MULTIDIMENSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY; NOMOLOGICAL VALIDITY; ONLINE PRIVACY;

DATA PRIVACY;

EID: 84873952528     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2013/37.1.12     Document Type: Article

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