Democracy, culture and information security: A case study in Zanzibar

Information Management and Computer Security

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 191-201

  Shaaban, Hussein ^a   Conrad, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democracy; Information security; National cultures; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; INFORMATION SECURITY MODELS; NATIONAL CULTURES; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE; SECURITY IMPLEMENTATIONS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE; ZANZIBAR;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 84881107080     PISSN: 09685227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMCS-09-2012-0057     Document Type: Article

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