Leadership and the Psychology of Awareness: Three Theoretical Approaches to Information Security Management
Holmberg, Robert LU and Sundström, Mikael LU
(2012)
In Organization Management Journal
9(1).
- Abstract
- The authors argue that Information Security Management (ISM) would benefit from studies that examine the social and psychological mechanisms that, when in evidence, generate employee aware¬ness of information security (IS) related issues. Properly instilled, IS awareness has the power to en¬gender a proactive wariness beyond mechanical guidelines, however detailed. To study how awareness travels in com¬plex organisations the authors devise a framework to catch mecha¬nisms grounded in psychological and sociological theories. To illustrate the framework, the authors then turn to an empirical study of a medium-sized company where they sound managers for definitions of IS and ISM; for initiatives intended to influence IS and IS awareness among... (More)
- The authors argue that Information Security Management (ISM) would benefit from studies that examine the social and psychological mechanisms that, when in evidence, generate employee aware¬ness of information security (IS) related issues. Properly instilled, IS awareness has the power to en¬gender a proactive wariness beyond mechanical guidelines, however detailed. To study how awareness travels in com¬plex organisations the authors devise a framework to catch mecha¬nisms grounded in psychological and sociological theories. To illustrate the framework, the authors then turn to an empirical study of a medium-sized company where they sound managers for definitions of IS and ISM; for initiatives intended to influence IS and IS awareness among em¬ployees; and for their views on learning related to IS and ISM. The study highlights the difficulties facing mana¬gers charged with IS matters, whose responsibilities are often considered peripheral by the general em¬ployee. It also provides several pointers how to go about the complex business of aware¬ness-building. (Less)
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- Holmberg, Robert
LU
and Sundström, Mikael
LU
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- 2012
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Information Security Management, Information Security, IS, ISM, Awareness, Leadership
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- Organization Management Journal
- volume
- 9
- issue
- 1
- publisher
- Routledge
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- scopus:84874057205
- ISSN
- 1541-6518
- DOI
- 10.1080/15416518.2012.666952
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- English
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