The Self-Efficacy Variable in Behavioral Information Security Research

There is a lack of consistent use of measurements for factors related to people's information security behavior. Specifically, a conceptually relaxed utilization of the variable "self-efficacy" makes it difficult for researchers to perform meaningful cross-study comparisons in behavio...

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Published in2014 Enterprise Systems Conference pp. 28 - 32
Main Authors Wu He, Xiaohong Yuan, Xin Tian
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2014
Subjects
Computer security
Computers
cybersecurity
Electronic mail
inforamtion security behavior
Information security
security policy
selfefficacy
Software
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Summary:There is a lack of consistent use of measurements for factors related to people's information security behavior. Specifically, a conceptually relaxed utilization of the variable "self-efficacy" makes it difficult for researchers to perform meaningful cross-study comparisons in behavioral information security research. This study examines how self-efficacy is defined and measured when used as a research variable in behavioral information security research and provides suggestions to better define and measure self-efficacy in behavioral information security research.
ISBN:1479955531
9781479955534
DOI:10.1109/ES.2014.52