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Testing an Irrational Model of Information Privacy Based on Competence Needs Satisfaction

  • Journal of The Korea Society of Computer and Information
  • Abbr : JKSCI
  • 2018, 23(12), pp.241-248
  • DOI : 10.9708/jksci.2018.23.12.241
  • Publisher : The Korean Society Of Computer And Information
  • Research Area : Engineering > Computer Science
  • Received : November 1, 2018
  • Accepted : December 12, 2018
  • Published : December 31, 2018

Gimun Kim 1 Jong-Soo Yoon 2

1충남대학교
2강남대학교

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ABSTRACT

Recently, there have been calls for approaching from the irrationality point of view to better explain the privacy paradox phenomenon. This study is a kind of response to them. The aim of the study is to investigate how satisfying competence needs, one of basic psychological needs suggested in self-determination theory, affects irrational information disclosure decision (i.e., risk-benefit assessment). To do this, the study builds an irrationality-based model in which competence needs satisfaction affects both perceived risks negatively and perceived benefits (i.e., relationship building and maintenance), which in turn determine a level of self-disclosure. Based on the data from Facebook users which is collected by a large sample survey (N=1050), the study analyzes it using Mplus, a powerful structure equation modeling tool. The study results reveal that while the relationship between competence needs satisfaction and perceived relationship building and maintenance is statistically significant, the relationship between competence needs satisfaction and perceived risks insignificant. These findings imply that people who is in a high level of competence needs satisfaction is more likely to respond to some opportunities for social benefits and in turn disclose more information about self.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.