Hospital Staff's Adherence to Information Security Policy: A Quest for the Antecedents of Deterrence Variables.

ABSTRACT: Information security has come to the forefront as an organizational priority since information systems are considered as some of the most important assets for achieving competitive advantages. Despite huge capital expenditures devoted to information security, the occurrence of security breaches is still very much on the rise. More studies are thus required to inform organizations with a better insight on how to adequately promote information security. To address this issue, this study investigates important factors influencing hospital staff's adherence to Information Security Policy (ISP). Deterrence theory is adopted as the theoretical underpinning, in which punishment severity and punishment certainty are recognized as the most significant predictors of ISP adherence. Further, this stud

SUBMITTER: Kuo KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576356 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature