The Adaptive Roles of Positive and Negative Emotions in Organizational Insiders’ Security-Based Precaution Taking

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dc.contributor.authorBurns, A. J.en
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Tom L.en
dc.contributor.authorPosey, Clayen
dc.contributor.authorLowry, Paul Benjaminen
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-03T21:42:03Zen
dc.date.available2020-01-03T21:42:03Zen
dc.date.issued2019-12en
dc.date.updated2020-01-03T21:42:00Zen
dc.description.abstractProtecting organizational information is a top priority for most firms. This reality, coupled with the fact that organizational insiders control much of their organizations’ valuable information, has led both researchers and practitioners to acknowledge the importance of insiders’ behavior for information security (InfoSec). Until recently, researchers have employed only a few theories to understand these influences, and this has generated calls for a broadened theoretical repertoire. Given this opportunity, we incorporate the framework of emotions developed in the information systems (IS) discipline by Beaudry and Pinsonneault (2010) and add the broaden-and-build theory (BBT) to understand the influence of discrete positive and negative emotions on insiders’ precaution-taking activities. Our findings demonstrate that the relationship between both positive and negative emotions and precaution taking is mediated by insiders’ (1) psychological capital (PsyCap), a higher-order, work-related construct of positive psychological resource capabilities, and (2) psychological distancing, a coping mechanism characterized by insiders’ attempts to detach themselves psychologically from a situation. By considering these factors, our model explains 32 percent of the variance in insiders’ precaution taking in organizations. Researchers and practitioners can use these findings to develop effective insider InfoSec training, including emotional appeals that increase insiders’ precaution taking.en
dc.description.notesSource info: Information Systems Research (ISR), Forthcomingen
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extentPages 1228-1247en
dc.identifierisre.2019.0860 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2019.0860en
dc.identifier.eissn1526-5536en
dc.identifier.issn1047-7047en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.orcidLowry, Paul [0000-0002-0187-5808]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/96289en
dc.identifier.volume30en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectInformation security (InfoSec)en
dc.subjectorganizational securityen
dc.subjectemotionsen
dc.subjectprecaution takingen
dc.subjectbroaden-and-build theory (BBT)en
dc.subjectpositive psychologyen
dc.subjectpsychological distancingen
dc.subjectpsychological capital (PsyCap)en
dc.subjectPub Eliteen
dc.subjectAACSB Table 1 Scholar Contributionen
dc.subjectInformation Systemsen
dc.subject0806 Information Systemsen
dc.subject1503 Business and Managementen
dc.subject1505 Marketingen
dc.titleThe Adaptive Roles of Positive and Negative Emotions in Organizational Insiders’ Security-Based Precaution Takingen
dc.title.serialInformation Systems Researchen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.otherArticleen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Businessen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/Business Information Technologyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/PCOB T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen

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