Thomas Mattson
University of Richmond
18 Papers
38 Citations
Thomas Mattson is an academic researcher from University of Richmond. The author has contributed to research in topics: Theory of planned behavior & Survey data collection. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 16 publications. Previous affiliations of Thomas Mattson include University of Hawaii & University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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Papers
Deterrence and punishment experience impacts on ISP compliance attitudes
Salvatore Aurigemma,Thomas Mattson +1 more
- 11 Oct 2017
TL;DR: Examination of the inconclusive impacts of sanction-related deterrence on employee information security policy (ISP) compliance from the extant literature provides empirical evidence that the rational estimation of sanction effects impacts the cognitive component of attitudes to develop a positive or negative attitude toward performing the ISP directed behavior.
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Exploring the effect of uncertainty avoidance on taking voluntary protective security actions
TL;DR: The study suggests that a one-size fits all approach to security awareness education and training (especially for voluntary security actions) may not be appropriate due to the differential effect associated with individuals from different national cultures.
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So Much Promise, So Little Use: What is Stopping Home End-Users from Using Password Manager Applications?
Salvatore Aurigemma,Thomas Mattson,Lori N. K. Leonard +2 more
- 04 Jan 2017
TL;DR: It was found that issues related to the technology, individual issues such as perceived costs and benefits, and a lack of concern about the threat were the primary inhibitors of lack of use for those that had high intentions to use a password management application but failed to actually use the software.
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TL;DR: This paper investigates the main and moderating effect of an employee's status within the organizational hierarchy on an individual's perceived behavioral control related to interactive security threats and controls, specifically tailgating.
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Evaluating the Core and Full Protection Motivation Theory Nomologies for the Voluntary Adoption of Password Manager Applications
Salvatore Aurigemma,Thomas Mattson,Lori N. K. Leonard +2 more
- 01 Jan 2019
TL;DR: This study performs a theoretical replication of both the core and full protection motivation theory nomologies in the context of voluntary password manager application use for individual home end-users to suggest that researchers should justify the version of the PMT that they choose to use based on their research objectives with the understanding that the same variables may be significant in one version ofthe PMT but not significant in another version.