Al-Omari et al., 2013: Information Security Policy Compliance: An Empirical Study of Ethical Ideology

Topic:

The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of ethics in explaining Information Security Policy (ISP) compliance. In that regard, a model that integrates behavioral and ethical theoretical perspectives is developed and tested. Overall, analyses indicate strong support for the validation of the proposed theoretical model.

survey, 525 employees of 7 banks in Jordan, "The survey instrument is based on constructs validated and tested in prior research [1, 6, 20, 32, 36, 49, 59, 60]"

Constructs in this publication:

Construct Cites Category Questions given? Content validity Pretests Response type Notes
Intention to Comply Herath, 2009, Bulgurcu et al., 2010, Siponen et al., 2010, Yoon, 2011, Aleassa et al., 2011, Brady, 1996, Casali, 2011, Cullen et al., 1993 yes no pilot not described
Self-Efficacy Herath, 2009, Bulgurcu et al., 2010, Siponen et al., 2010, Yoon, 2011, Aleassa et al., 2011, Brady, 1996, Casali, 2011, Cullen et al., 1993 yes no pilot not described
Subjective Norm Herath, 2009, Bulgurcu et al., 2010, Siponen et al., 2010, Yoon, 2011, Aleassa et al., 2011, Brady, 1996, Casali, 2011, Cullen et al., 1993 yes no pilot not described
Moral Obligation Herath, 2009, Bulgurcu et al., 2010, Siponen et al., 2010, Yoon, 2011, Aleassa et al., 2011, Brady, 1996, Casali, 2011, Cullen et al., 1993 yes no pilot not described
Utilitarianism Herath, 2009, Bulgurcu et al., 2010, Siponen et al., 2010, Yoon, 2011, Aleassa et al., 2011, Brady, 1996, Casali, 2011, Cullen et al., 1993 yes no pilot not described
Formalism Herath, 2009, Bulgurcu et al., 2010, Siponen et al., 2010, Yoon, 2011, Aleassa et al., 2011, Brady, 1996, Casali, 2011, Cullen et al., 1993 yes no pilot not described
Ethical Egoism Herath, 2009, Bulgurcu et al., 2010, Siponen et al., 2010, Yoon, 2011, Aleassa et al., 2011, Brady, 1996, Casali, 2011, Cullen et al., 1993 yes no pilot not described
Attitude Herath, 2009, Bulgurcu et al., 2010, Siponen et al., 2010, Yoon, 2011, Aleassa et al., 2011, Brady, 1996, Casali, 2011, Cullen et al., 1993 yes no pilot not described

Citation:

Ahmad Al-Omari, Amit Deokar, Omar El-Gayar, Jack Walters, and Hasan Aleassa. Information security policy compliance: an empirical study of ethical ideology. In System Sciences (HICSS), 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference On, 3018–3027. IEEE, 2013.

Bibtex


@inproceedings{al-omari_information_2013,
 author = {{Al-Omari}, Ahmad and Deokar, Amit and {El-Gayar}, Omar and Walters, Jack and Aleassa, Hasan},
 booktitle = {System {{Sciences}} ({{HICSS}}), 2013 46th {{Hawaii International Conference}} On},
 pages = {3018--3027},
 publisher = {{IEEE}},
 shorttitle = {Information Security Policy Compliance},
 title = {Information Security Policy Compliance: An Empirical Study of Ethical Ideology},
 year = {2013}
}