Security in Organizations: Expanding the Frontier of Industrial-Organizational Psychology

International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2009

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-149

  Bitzer, Edward G ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^a   Johnston, Roger G ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer hacking; Global positioning systems; Human related systems; Security behaviors; Security threats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883349415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470745267.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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