• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.37-59
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• 2008

This study focuses on the antecedents to the privacy concerns and their influence on trust and online transaction intention. Based on previous exploratory works and the literature review of privacy concerns, four antecedents are identified-Internet literacy, social awareness, perceived vulnerability, and perceived ability to information control. Incorporating these antecedents, privacy concerns, trust and online transaction intention, a conceptual model is developed and seven research hypotheses are proposed for empirical testing. The proposed model is examined through structural equation analysis. The results show that Internet literacy, social awareness, and perceived vulnerability have statistically significant effect on the privacy concerns of users and the privacy concerns has a positive influence on the trust. Finally, the trust has a positive effect on the online transaction intention. Implications of these findings are discussed for both researchers and practitioners and future research issues are raised as well.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.547-567
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• 2020

As the complexity of managing online personal information is increasing and data breach incidents frequently occur, online users feel a loss of control over their privacy. Such a situation leads to their cynical attitudes towards privacy protection, called privacy cynicism. This study aims to examine the role of privacy cynicism in online users' privacy behaviors. Data were gathered from a survey that 281 people participated in and were analyzed with covariance-based structural equation modeling. The findings of this study reveal that privacy cynicism has not only a direct influence on disclosure intention but also moderates an effect of privacy concerns on the intention. The analytical results also indicate that there is a nonlinear effect of privacy cynicism on the outcome variable. This study developed the concept of privacy cynicism—a phenomenon that significantly affects online privacy behavior but has been rarely examined. The study is an initial research into the nature and implications of privacy cynicism and furthermore clarified its role by the nonlinear relationship between privacy cynicism and the willingness to disclose personal information.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.45-65
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• 2008

The rapid growth of the Internet has increased the amount of transmission of personally identifiable information. At the same time, with new Internet related technologies, organizations are trying to collect and access more personal information than before, which in turn makes individuals concern more about their information privacy. For their successful businesses, organizations have tried to alleviate these concerns in two ways: (1) by offering privacy policies that promise certain level of privacy protection; (2) by offering benefits such as financial gains or convenience. In this paper, we interpret these actions in the context of the information processing theory of motivation. This paper follows Hann et al.(2007)'s methods to analyze Internet users privacy concerns in Korea and tries to compare the findings. Our research objectives are as follows: First, we analyze privacy concern mitigation strategies in the framework of the expectancy theory of motivation. Subsequently, we show how the expectancy theory based framework is linked o the conjoint analysis. We empirically validate the predictions that the means to mitigate privacy concerns are associated with positive valences resulting in an increase in motivational score. In order to accommodate real-life contexts, we investigate these means in trade-off situation, where an organization may only be able to offer partially complete privacy protection and/or promotions and/or convenience, While privacy protection (secondary use, improper access) are associated with positive valences, we also find that financial gains can significantly increase the individuals' motivational score of a website in Korea. One important implication of this empirical analysis is that organizations may possess means to actively manage the privacy concerns of Internet users. Our findings show that privacy policies are valued by users in Korea just as in the US or Singapore. Hence, organizations can capitalize on this, by stating their privacy policy more prominently. Also organizations would better think of strategies or means that may increase online users' willingness to provide personal information. Since financial incentives also significantly increase the individuals' motivational score of website participation, we can quantify the value of website privacy protection in terms of monetary gains. We find that Korean Internet users value the total privacy protection (protection against errors, improper access, and secondary use of personal information) as worthy as KW 25,550, which is about US 28. Having done this conjoint analysis, we next adopt cluster analysis methodology. We identify two distinct segments of Korea's internet users-privacy guardians and information sellers, and convenience seekers. The immediate implication of our study is that firms with online presence must differentiate their services to serve these distinct segments to best meet the needs of segments with differing trade-offs between money and privacy concerns. Information sellers are distinguished from privacy guardians by prior experience of information provision, To the extent that businesses cannot observe an individual's prior experience, they must use indirect methods to induce segmentation by self-selection as suggested in classic economics literature of price discrimination, Businesses could use monetary rewards to attract information sellers to provide personal information. One step forward from the societal trends that emphasize the need of legal protection of information privacy, our study wants to encourage organizations and related authorities to have the viewpoints to consider both importance of privacy protection and the necessity of information trade for the growth of e-commerce.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2011

Blog have become very popular with Internet users as one of the latest forms of online communication as well as knowledge sharing tools. However, blogs generate growing concerns regarding information privacy issues. This study, based on social exchange theory, presents results about bloggers' information sharing behavior. The 157 surveys are collected from a large university in the eastern U.S. The survey results indicate that trust which has four second order factors: economy based trust, trust in reciprocity, trust in other bloggers and trust in social interaction positively affects bloggers' information sharing behavior. However, online information privacy concerns have a negative impact on the relationship between trust and bloggers' information sharing behavior.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.1-23
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• 2019

Purpose This study examines the role of corporate image and privacy concerns in intention to use of online travel services using data from Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach The data collection was implemented to a student sample at the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi, which has a high concentration of young people who are interested in online travel in Vietnam. The paper based questionnaire was directly delivered to the respondents. After sorting to eliminate unfit samples, the number of responses was 541, which exceeds 500, the minimum number typically required. To test the hypotheses, we applied structural equation modeling (SEM) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to evaluate the reliability and validity of constructs in the model. We also used direct, indirect and total effect coefficient to evaluate the total impact of factors on the intention to use online services. Findings This study found that corporate image is positively associated to intention to use online services. It found a link between corporate image and privacy concerns, which suggests another way for firms to address their customers' privacy concerns; corporate image, which has received great attention in traditional offline sales channels, but not in online services, should receive higher attention in IS research. Online travel businesses, besides increasing ease of use, perceived usefulness and trust in their services, should focus on build a reliable corporate image, which can not only promote the service use but also help to eliminate users' the privacy concerns.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.183-186
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• 2014

스마트 미디어 시대에 온라인 환경에 서비스에 대한 중요성이 날로 커지고 있으며, 사용자 경험에 대한 인식이 높아지고 있다. 인터넷 쇼핑몰, 포탈 웹 사이트, 기업 웹 사이트 등 인터넷에 연결된 정보시스템의 이용이 활발하게 이루어지면서 발생하고 있는 문제 중 하나는 정보프라이버시 염려 관련 되어 있다. 따라서 국내외 정보시스템, 마케팅, 기타 분야의 주요저널을 중심으로 프라이버시 관련 연구를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 정보프라이버시 염려 관련 국내외 연구의 리뷰를 통하여 연구경향과 앞으로 연구방향을 제공하는 것이다. 이러한 환경을 고려하여, 온라인 환경에서 정보프라이버시 염려가 행동의도에 미치는 영향을 관한 문헌분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과를 바탕으로 이론적 실무적 시사점을 제시하고 논의하였다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.121-139
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• 2023

This study tried to identify factors affecting online activity before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, the effects of consumer innovativeness, self-esteem, and need for cognition on the activity of online media such as Internet and social media were investigated, and whether privacy concerns had a moderating effect. For this study, survey data from 2019(before the outbreak of COVID-19) to 2021(after the outbreak of COVID-19) of the 'Korea Media Panel Survey' surveyed by the Korea Information Society Development Institute was used for analysis. The research results that affect Internet activity are as follows. Before the outback of COVID-19, it was found that hedonic innovativeness and social innovativeness had a positive effect and cognitive innovativeness had a negative effect on increasing Internet activity. There was no moderating effect on privacy concerns. The period after the outbreak of COVID-19, need for cognition was found to have a positive effect on increasing social media activity. In addition, the moderating effect of privacy concerns was found in the relationship between need for cognition and Internet activity. There was no privacy concern effect before the outbreak of COVID-19, and the privacy concern effect appeared on functional innovation and need for cognition after the outbreak of COVID-19. This study aims to present various implications for companies to understand the characteristics of online consumers using the Internet and social media after the pandemic.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.185-187
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• 2015

스마트 미디어 시대에 온라인 환경에 서비스에 대한 중요성이 날로 커지고 있으며, 사용자 경험에 대한 인식이 높아지고 있다. 인터넷 쇼핑몰, 포탈 웹 사이트, 기업 웹 사이트 등 인터넷에 연결된 정보시스템의 이용이 활발하게 이루어지면서 발생하고 있는 문제 중 하나는 정보프라이버시 염려 관련되어 있다. 국내외 정보시스템, 마케팅, 기타 분야의 주요저널을 중심으로 프라이버시 관련 연구를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 정보프라이버시 염려 관련 국내외 연구의 리뷰를 통하여 연구경향과 앞으로 연구방향을 제공하는 것이다. 따라서 온라인 환경에서 프라이버시 염려가 지속사용의도에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 한다. 분석결과를 바탕으로 이론적 실무적 시사점을 제시하고 논의하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.131-134
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• 2014

인터넷의 등장으로 기업은 보다 효율적으로 고객 서비스를 제공할 수 있게 되었다. 이에 본 연구는 B2C 영역에서 인터넷정보우려감과 e-신뢰도, 그리고 e-충성도 간 상호관계를 탐색하고자 한다. 특히 인터넷정보우려감에 관한 기존연구의 구성요인들을 통합함으로써 보다 총체적인 연구모형을 제시하였다. 본 연구는 다음과 같은 세 가지 질문을 중심으로 연구를 진행하였다: 인터넷정보보안우려감의 세 가지 요인들은 e-신뢰도를 통해 e-충성도에 유의한 영향을 미치는가?, e-신뢰도는 e-충성도와 정보보안우려감 간 관계에서 매개요인 효과를 보이는가?, 마지막으로 전환비용은 e-신뢰도와 e-충성도 간 관계를 조절하는가? 연구모형 검증을 위해 호텔 웹사이트를 통해 숙박을 예약한 고객을 대상으로 설문을 진행하였다. 연구결과, 본 연구에서 가정한 가설과 e-신뢰도의 매개효과, 그리고 전환비용의 조절효과 모두 유의한 것으로 검증되었다. 개념적으로 본 연구는 인터넷정보보안우려감, e-신뢰도, e-충성도 간 관계에 대한 실증적 검증을 제공하였으며, 실무적 차원에서는 날로 그 시장이 커지고 있는 온라인 시장에서 충성도를 관리할 수 있는 주요요인에 대한 통찰력을 제시하고 있다고 할 수 있다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제10권8호
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• pp.360-369
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• 2010

본 연구는 온라인 커뮤니티에서 개인의 프라이버시 염려와 자아불일치 및 커뮤니티의 공동체 의식과의 관계를 고찰해 보고자 한 것이었다. 먼저, 개인의 프라이버시 염려가 자아불일치에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고, 인터넷 사용기간의 조절효과를 분석해 보기로 하였다. 기존 연구를 기반으로 하여 본 연구에서 사용된 개인의 프라이버시 염려 요인은 정보에 대한 수집, 통제, 인식을 고려하였으며, 커뮤니티에 대한 공동체 의식 요인은 소속감과 몰입감을 고려하였다. 온라인 커뮤니티 이용자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 조절효과를 검정하기 위해 계층적 회귀분석을 이용하였다. 연구 결과, 프라이버시 염려 중 정보에 대한 수집, 통제, 인식의 요인 중 인식의 요인만이 자아불일치에 부(-)의 영향을 주는 것으로 조사되었다. 이때 인터넷 사용기간은 정보의 인식 및 통제가 자아불일치에 주는 영향력을 조절하는 요인인 것으로 조사되었다. 다음으로, 온라인과 오프라인에서의 자아불일치가 커뮤니티에 대한 소속감과 몰입감에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과, 자아불일치가 소속감에는 부(-)의 영향을 주지만, 몰입감에는 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 나타났다.