The effect of organisational and national culture on employee security behaviour: A qualitative study
Connolly, Lena Yuryna Lang, Michael Tygar, Doug J.
Connolly, Lena Yuryna
Lang, Michael
Tygar, Doug J.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10379/17290
https://doi.org/10.13025/22850
https://doi.org/10.13025/22850
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2016-07
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Conference Paper
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Connolly, Lena Yuryna, Lang, Michael, & Tygar, Doug J. (2016). The effect of organisational and national culture on employee security behaviour: A qualitative study. Paper presented at the Tenth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2016), Frankfurt, Germany, 19-21 July.
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An increasing number of information security breaches in organisations presents a serious threat to the confidentiality of personal and commercially sensitive data. Recent research shows that humans are the weakest link in the security chain and the root cause of a great portion of security breaches. This paper draws on prior research on organisational culture to examine how cultural factors affect employee security behaviour. Data for this research project were collected in 15 organisations in the United States and Ireland through qualitative interviews. Our findings demonstrate that organisational culture values of solidarity and people-orientation promote information security compliance, while sociability and taskorientation have a negative effect on employee security behaviour.
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Centre for Security, Communications & Network Research, Plymouth University
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CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IE