Survey about cyberattack protection motivation in higher education: Academics at Slovenian universities, 2017

TL;DR

This survey investigates factors influencing academics' motivation to adopt cyberattack protection measures in Slovenian universities, focusing on psychological and perceptual factors affecting their security behaviors.

Contribution

It provides an empirical analysis of psychological and perceptual factors affecting protection motivation among academics in higher education.

Findings

Fear of cyberattacks increases protection motivation.

Perceived severity and vulnerability are significant predictors.

Self-efficacy positively influences protection behaviors.

Abstract

This paper reports on a study aiming to explore factors associated with motivation of individuals in organizations to protect against cyberattacks. The objectives of this study were to determine how fear of cyberattacks, perceived severity, perceived vulnerability, perceived threats, measure efficacy, self-efficacy, measure costs, mandatoriness and psychological reactance are associated with protection motivation of individuals in organizations. The study employed a cross-sectional research design. A survey was conducted among academics at six Slovenian universities between June and September 2017. A total of 324 respondents completed the survey (7.6 percent response rate) providing for N=255 useful responses after excluding poorly completed responses. The survey questionnaire was developed in English. A Slovenian translation of the survey questionnaire is available.