RT Article
T1 Modeling Information Ethics: The Joint Moderating Role of Locus of Control and Job Insecurity
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 48
IS 4
SP 335
OP 346
A1 Lin, Chieh-Peng
A1 Ding, Cherng G.
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2003
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785620746
AB Information unethical behavior is concerned with ethical behavioural conflicts in the use of information, information technologies, and information systems (Kuo and Hsu, 2001). This study examines the combination of locus of control (LOC) and job insecurity (JI) as a joint moderator on the decision making process for information ethical behavioral intentions. A conceptual model is proposed to see the joint moderating role of LOC and JI. In the model, ethical behavioral intentions are influenced directly by ethical attitude, personal values, and perceived behavioural control. Simultaneously, personal values also indirectly influence ethical behavioral intentions through the mediation of ethical attitude. The causal relationships are moderated by the joint moderator. Notably, the moderating effects were simultaneously examined using data from undergraduates in the MIS department of a college. The influences of the ethical attitude and personal values on ethical behavioral intentions are found to be similar for those with external locus of control and insecurity perception (Confusionists) and those with internal locus of control and security perception (Controlists). Furthermore, the influences of personal values on ethical attitude, and of perceived behavioural control on ethical behavioral intentions, are both greater for Controlists than Confusionists. Implications of the empirical findings are discussed.
K1 personal values
K1 perceived behavioral control
K1 Locus of control
K1 ethical behavioral intentions
K1 Ethical Attitude
DO 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000005745.63324.79