The effect of organisational and national culture on employee security behaviour: A qualitative study
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2016-07Author
Connolly, Lena Yuryna
Lang, Michael
Tygar, Doug J.
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Connolly, Lena Yuryna, Lang, Michael, & Tygar, Doug J. (2016). The effect of organisational and national culture on employee security behaviour: A qualitative study. Paper presented at the Tenth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2016), Frankfurt, Germany, 19-21 July.
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Abstract
An increasing number of information security breaches in organisations presents a serious
threat to the confidentiality of personal and commercially sensitive data. Recent research
shows that humans are the weakest link in the security chain and the root cause of a great
portion of security breaches. This paper draws on prior research on organisational culture to
examine how cultural factors affect employee security behaviour. Data for this research
project were collected in 15 organisations in the United States and Ireland through qualitative
interviews. Our findings demonstrate that organisational culture values of solidarity and
people-orientation promote information security compliance, while sociability and taskorientation have a negative effect on employee security behaviour.