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Understanding the roles of challenge security demands, psychological resources in information security policy noncompliance

  • Dalian University of Technology

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Abstract

It is widely agreed that employees' noncompliance with information security policies (ISP) is still a major problem for organizations. In order to understand the factors that reduce employees' ISP noncompliance, previous studies have focused on stressful security demands that consequently aggravate noncompliance, and tangible job resources to promote compliance. However, how security demands encourage employees to comply and how intangible resources affect employees' ISP noncompliance have been largely overlooked. In this study, we posit and argue that challenge security demands and intangible psychological resources can help promote employees' ISP compliance. Drawing on the Job Demands-Resources Model and the theory of psychological resource, we specifically examine the roles of continuity demand, mandatory demand as challenge security demands, and felt trust, professional development and personal resource as psychological resources in influencing employees' ISP noncompliance. The proposed model is validated by survey data from 224 employees. The theoretical and practical contributions are also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 22nd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems - Opportunities and Challenges for the Digitized Society
Subtitle of host publicationAre We Ready?, PACIS 2018
EditorsMotonari Tanabu, Dai Senoo
PublisherAssociation for Information Systems
ISBN (Electronic)9784902590838
StatePublished - 2018
Event22nd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems - Opportunities and Challenges for the Digitized Society: Are We Ready?, PACIS 2018 - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: 26 Jun 201830 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 22nd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems - Opportunities and Challenges for the Digitized Society: Are We Ready?, PACIS 2018

Conference

Conference22nd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems - Opportunities and Challenges for the Digitized Society: Are We Ready?, PACIS 2018
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period26/06/1830/06/18

Keywords

  • Challenge security demands
  • Information security policy noncompliance
  • Job demands-resources model
  • Personal resource
  • Psychological resources

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