Information privacy and correlates: An empirical attempt to bridge and distinguish privacyrelated concepts

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-316

  Dinev, Tamara ^a   Xu, Heng ^b   Smith, Jeff H ^c   Hart, Paul ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anonymity; confidentiality; control; privacy; risk; secrecy

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONTROL ENGINEERING; DATA PRIVACY; RISKS;

ANONYMITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT; IDENTITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS; INFORMATION DISCLOSURE; INFORMATION SENSITIVITY; INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY; SECRECY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84876384441     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2012.23     Document Type: Article

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