Understanding Internet Abuses at Work Using Extended Rational Choice Theory Research-in-Progress

Employees’ violation of Internet use policy exposes firms to increasing security risks from cyber-attacks. Extant studies on security policy compliance have largely ignored the role of dispositional and contextual factors in employees’ decision. Drawing on the literature in criminology, this paper extended the rational choice theory by integrating low self-control and two organizational context factors to have a fine-grained understanding of the decision making process involved in Internet use policy compliance. The results will help indicate whether employees’ compliance intention is influenced by the cost-benefit calculus adjusted by their low self-control disposition, procedural justice perception and organizational moral climate. Research results are expected to be presented at the conference.