Mobile Applications (a.k.a. apps) have rapidly grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry. Because they are available through devices that are “always on” and often with the user, mobile apps are often adopted “on the fly” as needed. As a result, the related adoption and disclosure...

Digital piracy has permeated virtually every country and costs the global economy many billions of dollars annually. Digital piracy is the unauthorized and illegal digital copying or distribution of digital goods, such as music, movies, and software. To date, researchers have used disparate...

Practitioners and researchers alike recognize the positive influence insiders' behavior can have on information systems (IS) security. This awareness has resulted in a research stream focused on the performance of protective behaviors. We contribute to this research stream by extending an...

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is a platform for innovation with high failure rates due to its complexity. In China, failure rates of ERP are also high due to key differences between China and Western countries in terms of development, cultural, and organizational structure. Even...

This manuscript examines the unintended consequences that organizational computer monitoring can foster within the firm. We apply justice and reactance theories to explain why monitoring can actually increase the occurrence of detrimental organizational behaviors. Our model suggests monitoring...

Privacy concerns can greatly hinder consumers’ intentions to interact with a website. The success of a website therefore depends on its ability to improve consumers’ perceptions of privacy assurance. Seals and assurance statements are mechanisms often used to increase this assurance; however,...

A continual debate surrounds the effectiveness of agile software development practices. Some organizations adopt agile practices to become more competitive, improve processes, and reduce costs. Other organizations are skeptical about whether agile development is beneficial. Large organizations...

Historically, inaccurate credibility assessments have resulted in tremendous costs to businesses and to society. Recent research offers unobtrusive credibility assessment aids as a solution; however, the accuracy of these decision aids is inadequate, and users often resist accepting the aids’...

Protecting information from a wide variety of security threats is an important and sometimes daunting organizational activity. Instead of relying solely on technological advancements to help solve human problems, managers within firms must recognize and understand the roles that organizational...

In The extensive growth of computing networks and tools and tricks for intruding into and attacking networks has underscored the importance of intrusion detection in network security. Yet, contemporary intrusion detection systems (IDS) are limiting in that they typically employ a misuse...