Internet users' privacy concerns and attitudes towards government surveillance-An exploratory study of cross-cultural differences between Italy and the United States

18th Bled eConference eIntegration in Action - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Dinev, Tamara ^a   Bellotto, Massimo ^b   Hart, Paul ^a   Colautti, Christian ^c   Russo, Vincenzo ^c   Serra, Ilaria ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

E commerce; Government surveillance; Privacy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DATA PRIVACY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MONITORING;

CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; CULTURAL THEORY; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INTERNET USERS' PRIVACY CONCERNS; PRIVACY CONCERNS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 84925957239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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