Information Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations
Espoused cultural values as antecedents of individuals’ threat and coping appraisal toward protective information technologies: Study of U.S. and Ghana
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2019
Abstract
Evidence of cyber activities in developing nations has renewed discourse on users’ intention to protect information in the global economy. We present a context theorization in which espoused individualism–collectivism and uncertainty avoidance are posited as antecedents to an individual’s threat and coping appraisal toward protecting information. We tested our model with data from the United States and Ghana, countries that generally differ on cultural values. Individualism–collectivism and uncertainty avoidance significantly affect threat and coping appraisals with uncertainty avoidance demonstrating slightly stronger effect. Path estimate comparisons between Ghana and the United States show significant differences for all of the structural paths.
Recommended Citation
Crossler, R.E., Andoh-Baidoo, F.K. and Menard, P., 2019. Espoused cultural values as antecedents of individuals’ threat and coping appraisal toward protective information technologies: Study of US and Ghana. Information & Management, 56(5), pp.754-766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2018.11.009
Publication Title
Information & Management
DOI
10.1016/j.im.2018.11.009
Comments
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