| Item Type |
Conference or Workshop Item
(Paper)
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| Abstract |
As a potential explanation to measured inconsistencies between stated privacy concerns and actual disclosing behavior, denoted as the "privacy paradox", scholars have proposed a systematic distinction between situational privacy considerations and pre-existing, superordinate factors that shape the decisive situation without being directly connected to the situation itself. Deploying an experimental approach, we explored the dynamics of two types of such pre-existing factors, namely (1) pre-existing attitudes (such as general privacy concerns and general institutional trust) and (2) pre-existing emotional states (such as an individual's current mood) in shaping situation-specific risk and benefit considerations (i.e., a situational privacy calculus). Compared to a negative emotional state, individuals in a positive emotional state were found to perceive lowered situation-specific privacy risks, even if the sources of this state were unrelated to the decisive situation at hand. Moreover, results indicated that pre-existing attitudes may be partially or even fully overridden by situational risk and benefit considerations. Adopting a differentiated view on privacy decision-making, these findings imply that the privacy paradox could be driven by a gap between pre-existing cognitive and affective factors on the one side, and situation-specific considerations and decisions on the other. Implications for researchers and practitioners are discussed. |
| Authors |
Kehr, Flavius; Wentzel, Daniel; Kowatsch, Tobias & Fleisch, Elgar |
| Projects |
Fleisch, Elgar; Kehr, Flavius; Kowatsch, Tobias & Wentzel, Daniel
(2013)
Privacy Paradox - Fundamental research on users' tendency to freely provide (health) data despite general worries
[fundamental research project]
Official URL
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| Language |
English |
| Subjects |
business studies |
| HSG Classification |
contribution to scientific community |
| Refereed |
Yes |
| Date |
27 May 2015 |
| Publisher |
Association for Information Systems |
| Place of Publication |
AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) |
| Page Range |
1-15 |
| Number of Pages |
15 |
| Title of Book |
ECIS 2015 completed reseaech papers |
| Event Title |
23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2015 |
| Event Location |
Münster, Germany |
| Event Dates |
26.-29.05.2015 |
| ISBN |
978-3-00-050284-2 |
| Official URL |
http://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2015_cr/95/ |
| Depositing User |
Flavius Kehr
|
| Date Deposited |
02 Jul 2015 14:44 |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 17:24 |
| URI: |
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/publications/242212 |
Rethinking Privacy Decisions: Pre-Existing Attitudes, Pre-Existing Emotional States, and a Situational Privacy Calculus
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