Crossler, 2010: Protection Motivation Theory: Understanding Determinants to Backing Up Personal Data

Topic:

Computer self-efficacy and response efficacy both positively affect the backing up of data, while perceived security vulnerability and perceived security threat both negatively affect the backing up of data.

survey, 112 participants

Constructs in this publication:

Construct	Cites	Category	Questions given?	Content validity	Pretests	Response type	Notes
Perceived Security Vulnerabilities	Witte, 1996		yes	review by four Ph.D. students	pilot with 24 participants	unclear
Perceived Security Threats	Witte, 1996		yes	review by four Ph.D. students	pilot with 24 participants	unclear
Security Self-Efficacy	Marakas et al., 2007, Compeau, 1995, Witte, 1996		yes	review by four Ph.D. students	pilot with 24 participants	unclear
Response Efficacy	Witte, 1996		yes	review by four Ph.D. students	pilot with 24 participants	unclear
Prevention Cost	Neuwirth et al., 2000, Sheeran, 1996		yes	review by four Ph.D. students	pilot with 24 participants	unclear

Citation:

Robert E. Crossler. Protection Motivation Theory: Understanding Determinants to Backing Up Personal Data. In Proceedings of the 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 1–10. IEEE, 2010. doi:10.1109/HICSS.2010.311.

Bibtex

@inproceedings{crossler_protection_2010,
 author = {Crossler, Robert E.},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 43rd {{Hawaii International Conference}} on {{System Sciences}}},
 doi = {10.1109/HICSS.2010.311},
 isbn = {978-1-4244-5509-6},
 pages = {1-10},
 publisher = {{IEEE}},
 shorttitle = {Protection {{Motivation Theory}}},
 title = {Protection {{Motivation Theory}}: {{Understanding Determinants}} to {{Backing Up Personal Data}}},
 year = {2010}
}

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