Psychology of ownership and asset defense: Why people value their personal information beyond privacy

International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 3488-3506

  Spiekermann, Sarah ^a   Bauer, Christine ^a   Korunovska, Jana ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Facebook; Information valuation; Privacy; Psychology of ownership

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FACEBOOK; PERSONAL INFORMATION; PRIVACY CONCERNS; PSYCHOLOGY OF OWNERSHIP; THIRD PARTIES; USER PROFILE;

COMMERCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

DATA PRIVACY;

EID: 84886522385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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