TITLE:
Personality Traits and Cognitive Determinants—An Empirical Investigation of the Use of Smartphone Security Measures
AUTHORS:
Jörg Uffen, Nico Kaemmerer, Michael H. Breitner
KEYWORDS:
Security Measures; Personality Traits; Behavioral Models; Mobile Security; Smartphones
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Information Security,
Vol.4 No.4,
September
5,
2013
ABSTRACT:
In the last years, increasing smartphones’
capabilities have caused a paradigm shift in the way of users’ view and using mobile
devices. Although researchers have started to focus on behavioral models to
explain and predict human behavior, there is limited empirical research about
the influence of smartphone users’ individual differences on the usage of
security measures. The aim of this study is to examine the influence of
individual differences on cognitive determinants of behavioral intention to use
security measures. Individual differences are measured by the Five-Factor
Model; cognitive determinants of behavioral intention are adapted from the
validated behavioral models theory of planned behavior and technology
acceptance model. An explorative, quantitative survey of 435 smartphone users is served as data basis. The results suggest
that multiple facets of smartphone user’s personalities significantly affect
the cognitive determinants, which indicate the behavioral intention to use
security measures. From these findings, practical and theoretical implications
for companies, organizations, and researchers are derived and discussed.