Construct: Perceived severity of sanctions

Also quoted in literature as:

• perceived sanctions
• perceived deterrent severity
• punishment severity
• severity of penalty
• perceived punishment severity

This construct belongs to the following categories:

• deterrence
• Penalty
• theory of planned behavior
• Perceived Deterrence

This construct is used by:

• Peace et al., 2003: Software Piracy in the Workplace: A Model and Empirical Test
  Questions given:
• D'Arcy et al., 2014: Understanding Employee Responses to Stressful Information Security Requirements: A Coping Perspective
  Questions given: yes
• Sommestad et al., 2014: Variables Influencing Information Security Policy Compliance: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies
  Questions given: example

Papers using this construct cite the following papers for the source of this construct:

• Hu et al., 2012: Managing Employee Compliance with Information Security Policies: The Critical Role of Top Management and Organizational Culture*
• Siponen, 2010: Neutralization: New Insights into the Problem of Employee Information Systems Security Policy Violations
• D'Arcy et al., 2009: User Awareness of Security Countermeasures and Its Impact on Information Systems Misuse: A Deterrence Approach
• Hu et al., 2011: Does Deterrence Work in Reducing Information Security Policy Abuse by Employees?
• Guo et al., 2011: Understanding Nonmalicious Security Violations in the Workplace: A Composite Behavior Model
• Son, 2011: Out of Fear or Desire? Toward a Better Understanding of Employees' Motivation to Follow IS Security Policies
• Herath, 2009: Protection Motivation and Deterrence: A Framework for Security Policy Compliance in Organisations
• Li et al., 2010: Understanding Compliance with Internet Use Policy from the Perspective of Rational Choice Theory
• Dugo, 2007: The Insider Threat to Organizational Information Security: A Structural Model and Empirical Test

The following constructs were (potentially) derived from this construct:

• perceptions of the certainty by D'Arcy et al., 2009: User Awareness of Security Countermeasures and Its Impact on Information Systems Misuse: A Deterrence Approach
• severity of organizational sanctions for engaging in IS misuse by D'Arcy et al., 2009: User Awareness of Security Countermeasures and Its Impact on Information Systems Misuse: A Deterrence Approach
• Detection probability by Li et al., 2010: Understanding Compliance with Internet Use Policy from the Perspective of Rational Choice Theory
• sanction severity by Li et al., 2010: Understanding Compliance with Internet Use Policy from the Perspective of Rational Choice Theory
• subjective norms by Li et al., 2010: Understanding Compliance with Internet Use Policy from the Perspective of Rational Choice Theory
• IUP compliance intention by Li et al., 2010: Understanding Compliance with Internet Use Policy from the Perspective of Rational Choice Theory
• Severity of penalty by Herath, 2009: Encouraging Information Security Behaviors in Organizations: Role of Penalties, Pressures and Perceived Effectiveness
• Certainty of detection by Herath, 2009: Encouraging Information Security Behaviors in Organizations: Role of Penalties, Pressures and Perceived Effectiveness
• Security policy attitude by Herath, 2009: Protection Motivation and Deterrence: A Framework for Security Policy Compliance in Organisations
• Punishment severity by Herath, 2009: Protection Motivation and Deterrence: A Framework for Security Policy Compliance in Organisations
• Detection certainty by Herath, 2009: Protection Motivation and Deterrence: A Framework for Security Policy Compliance in Organisations

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