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The Influence on the Information Security Stressor on Information Security Compliance Intention : Focusing on the Moderation of Authentic Leadership

정보보안 스트레서가 정보보안 준수 의도에 미치는 영향: 진성 리더십의 조절 효과 중심

  • Hwang, In-Ho (College of General Education, Kookmin University)
  • Received : 2021.09.13
  • Accepted : 2021.12.17
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

Organizations continue to increase investment in information security(IS) policies and technologies to prevent external intrusion and internal exposure to information assets. However, as the organization's regulations and behavioral requirements for strict IS policy increase, employees may induce negative behaviors through IS-related stress. The purpose of this study is to suggest the effects of challenge and hindrance stressors on IS compliance intentions and to confirm how authentic leadership moderates the positive and negative effects of stressors. We reflected employees of the organization who are applying IS policy to their work as a study target and applied a survey to obtain a sample for research hypothesis verification. As a result of analysis through structural equation modeling, challenge and hindrance stressors affected IS compliance intentions, and authentic leadership moderated the effects of stressors on compliance intention. Our research helps to establish insiders support strategies to achieve internal IS goals, because the results suggested stressor conditions and leaders' behavioral directions that influence employees IS compliance behavior.

정보가 조직의 핵심 관리 요인으로 인식되면서, 조직들은 정보 자산에 대한 침입 및 노출에 대처하기 위하여 정보보안 정책 및 기술에 대한 투자를 지속해서 증가하고 있다. 그러나, 엄격한 정보 관리를 위한 조직의 규정 및 행동 요구가 많아질수록, 실제 정보보안 정책을 업무에 적용하는 조직원에게는 스트레스를 일으켜 부정적 행동을 유발할 수 있다. 본 연구는 스트레스 조건이 긍정적, 부정적 행동 원인으로 작용하는 도전적, 방해적 스트레서가 정보보안 준수의도에 미치는 영향을 제시하고, 진성 리더십이 스트레서의 영향을 어떻게 조절하는지를 확인하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 연구 대상은 보안 정책을 업무에 적용하고 있는 조직 근로자로 하였으며, 서베이 기법을 적용하여 선행연구를 통해 도출한 측정 항목의 응답 결과를 확보하였다. 구조방정식모델링을 통해 검증한 결과, 도전적, 방해적 스트레서가 준수 의도에 영향을 주었으며, 진성 리더십이 스트레서의 영향을 조절하였다. 결과는 내부자의 보안 준수 수준에 영향을 주는 스트레서 조건과 리더의 행동 방향을 제시하였기 때문에, 내부자 정보보안 목표 달성을 위한 구성원 지원 전략 수립에 도움을 준다.

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