Haeussinger, 2013: Information Security Awareness: Its Antecedents and Mediating Effects on Security Compliant Behavior

Topic:

The results imply that the provision of security policies and employees’ knowledge on information systems are the most influential antecedents of ISA. The study shows that ISA mediates the relationship between ISA’s antecedents and behavioral intention.

survey, 475 employees

Constructs in this publication:

Construct Cites Category Questions given? Content validity Pretests Response type Notes
Information System Knowledge NEW, Bassellier et al., 2003 yes qualitative and quantitative pilot studies including sorting procedures with subsequent interviews of four practitioners and six scholars 2 pilots 7-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Information Security Policy Provision NEW, Herath, 2009, Chan et al., 2005 yes qualitative and quantitative pilot studies including sorting procedures with subsequent interviews of four practitioners and six scholars 2 pilots 7-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
General Information Security Awareness Bulgurcu et al., 2010 yes None 2 pilots 7-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Information Security Policy Awareness Bulgurcu et al., 2010 yes None 2 pilots 7-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Security, Training and Awareness Programs D'Arcy et al., 2009 yes None 2 pilots 7-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Intention to Comply Bulgurcu et al., 2010 yes None 2 pilots 7-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Negative Experience Rhee et al., 2009 yes None 2 pilots 7-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Secondary Sources' Influence Brown, 2005 yes None 2 pilots 7-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Peer Behavior Herath, 2009 yes None 2 pilots 7-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"

Citation:

Felix Haeussinger and Johann Kranz. Information security awareness: Its antecedents and mediating effects on security compliant behavior. In Thirty Fourth International Conference on Information Systems. Milan, Italy, 2013.

Bibtex


@inproceedings{haeussinger_information_2013,
 address = {Milan, Italy},
 author = {Haeussinger, Felix and Kranz, Johann},
 booktitle = {Thirty {{Fourth International Conference}} on {{Information Systems}}},
 shorttitle = {Information Security Awareness},
 title = {Information Security Awareness: {{Its}} Antecedents and Mediating Effects on Security Compliant Behavior},
 year = {2013}
}