Avoidance of Information Technology Threats: A Theoretical Perspective

By Huigang Liang, Yajiong Xue. MIS Q., 2009

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Information Systems, Social Psychology

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Understanding managers’ attitudes and behavioral intentions towards using artificial intelligence for organizational decision-making (2021, methodology): “According to TTAT (Liang and Xue, 2009), individuals ’ perceived IT threat is determined by their perceived susceptibility to, and the subsequent severity of negative consequences from the IT.”
Quitting the use of a habituated hedonic information system: a theoretical model and empirical examination of Facebook users (2015, background): “…they can independently exist and not always fully negatively correlate, similar to trust and distrust (Dimoka, 2010), technology adoption and avoidance (Liang & Xue, 2009), technology acceptance and resistance (van Offenbeek et al, 2013), and knowledge sharing and hiding (Connelly et al, 2012).”
An Enhanced Fear Appeal Rhetorical Framework: Leveraging Threats to the Human Asset Through Sanctioning Rhetoric (2015, methodology): “…to predict security policy compliance attitudes (Herath and Rao 2009; Ifinedo 2012; Johnston and Warkentin 2010), intentions to engage in protective behavior through the adoption of protective software (Lee 2011; Lee et al. 2009; Liang et al. 2009, 2010), or other prescribed protective acts.”
From Use to Effective Use: A Representation Theory Perspective (2013, background): “Liang and Xue (2009) showed how positive (discrepancy-enlarging) feedback loops can explain users’ behavior when they are threatened by a system and try to avoid it.”
The Impact of Organizational Commitment on Insiders’ Motivation to Protect Organizational Information Assets (2015, methodology): “PMT has been used as the foundation for numerous previous efforts in information security [20, 40, 45, 53, 54, 102, 115].”
Psychological and behavioral outcomes of social media-induced fear of missing out at the workplace (2021, positive): “Moreover, future scholars may also consider using other theoretical frameworks like the technology threat avoidance theory (Liang & Xue, 2009, 2010) to investigate social media users ’ coping and avoidance behavior when they experience DoSM phenomena like FoMO.”
Understanding Employee Responses to Stressful Information Security Requirements: A Coping Perspective (2014, background): “…to our study, user adaptation research indicates that when the expected consequences of an IT event are appraised as a threat of personal or professional relevance, and users feel that they have limited control over the situation, their adaptation efforts will be mainly emotion-focused [11, 41].”
Knowledge sharing, intellectual capital and firm performance (2014, background): “However, IT is a double-edged sword and could become a threat to firms if it is misused to leak personal information, business secrets, or intellectual property data (Liang and Xue, 2009).”
Understanding Security Behaviors in Personal Computer Usage: A Threat Avoidance Perspective (2010, positive): “We validate a research model derived from TTAT (Liang and Xue, 2009) using survey data.”
Security awareness of computer users: A phishing threat avoidance perspective (2014, background): “…users from cyber-attacks which are imperative to cope up with cyber-threats such as phishing attacks (Anderson & Agarwal, 2006; Aytes & Terry, 2004; Liang & Xue, 2009; Ng and Rahim, 2005; Arachchilage & Love, 2013; Iacovos & Sasse, 2012; Purkait, 2012; Susan, Catherine, & Ritu, 2006; Woon et al.,…”