The focus of the present paper is on the interface between the first two components of a language production model, i.e. conceptualiser and formulator. We propose a method of how the incremental input for the formulator can be represented within an underspecification formalism. The proposed method can be used in dynamically changing environments, e.g. an airport supervision and information syst...

Deterrence theory has received considerable attention in recent years. However, scholars have begun to call for research beyond the deterrence approach on security behaviors, and argue that the theory of emotion should not be omitted from information systems security decision making [15, 81]. In this research, we examine and distinguish effects of anger and fear on perceived costs of sanctions ...

The importance of culture in helping explain and understand behavior is generally accepted. Scholars in the area of information security have argued that security culture is a key factor in safeguarding information assets. Scholars in the area of professional culture have argued that differences in cultures across professions must be accounted for, in correctly assessing the influence of cultur...

Quibbling aside, this is a nice common-sense discussion of security, in the form of a lot of short essays. They are casual in tone and mostly non-technical. It’s written by an insider, and the audience varies a bit; some essays are solidly aimed at non-technical people, some at technical people, and the occasional one is really insider-to-insider (those are the only people who need to be told t...

The growing threat of terrorism has increased the importance of aviation security and the work of airport security officers (screeners). Nonetheless, airport security research has yet to focus on emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction as major determinants of screeners' job performance. The present study bridges this research gap by applying the job demands-resources (JD-R) model and using w...

This paper examines the role that land rights play in the decision to either cultivate or lease a given plot. Using data from 2,874 farming households collected in 1997 in rural Thailand, we find that in villages adjacent to forest reserves, where the is a risk of expropriation, plots that are leased are more likely to be titled than those that are self cultivated. In other areas, however, land...

Optimal operation of a country's air transport infrastructure plays a major role in the economic development of nations. Due to the increasing use of air transportation in today's world, flights' boarding times have become a concern for both airlines and airports, thus the importance of knowing beforehand how changes in flights demand parameters and physical airport layout will affect passenger...

Current information protection systems only detect and warn against individual intrusion, and are not able to provide a collective and synthesized alert message. In this paper, we propose a new Meta-IDS system which is called “SIA System”. The SIA system can filter redundant alert messages, analyze mixed attacks using correlation alert messages from each sensor and respond to security threats q...

This paper examines the suitability of institutional theory in explaining the design and implementation of information security policies in organizations. We conduct a case study in a large governmental organization in the United States. We capture multiple perspectives among the different groups in the organization and examine how this affects the design and implementation of security policies...

We test for non-linearities in the returns to education and the presence of sheepskin effects to see if a causality between education and earnings can be determined. If there are non-linearities and/or sheepskin effects, the screening hypothesis will be favoured over the human capital theory. The data set used is from a developing country, Guatemala, in an attempt to add to the existing empiric...