Readiness for information security of teachers as a function of their personality traits and their assessment of threats
Aslib Journal of Information Management
ISSN: 2050-3806
Article publication date: 7 July 2020
Issue publication date: 17 November 2020
Abstract
Purpose
This study examines the impact of personality traits on the degree of challenge experienced by individuals with respect to the threat on their information, the evaluation of their self-efficacy to secure the information and hence, their readiness to secure information.
Design/methodology/approach
The study's population consisted of 157 teachers from various educational institutions across Israel. We used five questionnaires to gather data.
Findings
Findings reveal a link between participants' personality traits, situation evaluation indicators and their readiness to secure information. Further, the greater subjects' information security awareness and familiarity with information security concepts, the better their application of the tools for securing information will be.
Originality/value
The importance of this research lies primarily in that it highlights the importance of individual differences while dealing with information security awareness. The findings constitute a theoretical and empirical basis for building tools toward guiding teachers to protect their information, as well as for devising educational and pedagogic programs for making a cultural change.
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Citation
Aharony, N., Bouhnik, D. and Reich, N. (2020), "Readiness for information security of teachers as a function of their personality traits and their assessment of threats", Aslib Journal of Information Management, Vol. 72 No. 5, pp. 787-812. https://doi.org/10.1108/AJIM-12-2019-0371
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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