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Platforms · Scale-development and causal-model empirical study.

Internet Users’ Information Privacy Concerns (IUIPC): The Construct, the Scale, and a Causal Model

Information Systems Research · 2004

Malhotra, N., K., Kim, S. S., Agarwal, J.

Summary

Privacy concerns are multidimensional and predict privacy-related behavior, giving firms measurable signals beyond a single privacy attitude.

For your marketing

Possible founder application

Instrument privacy expectations, disclosure, and control explicitly in product and procurement journeys.

Reported result

What the study found

Privacy concerns are multidimensional and predict privacy-related behavior, giving firms measurable signals beyond a single privacy attitude.

Research question

What the authors investigated

What dimensions constitute internet users’ privacy concerns and how do they affect behavior?

Design

Scale-development and causal-model empirical study.

Sample and setting

Internet users; privacy concern measurement.

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Consumer internet context; self-report and cross-sectional limits.

Research sources

Publisher abstract/metadata supports the study design, context, and reported finding.

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