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Abstract
The leader has been considered important in influencing employees’ behavior and performance. However, the research identifying the mechanism about the role of leader in the information systems (IS) security context is still scant. According to the Emotion as Social Information (EASI) theory, this study posits that emotional displays by leaders play a critical role in influencing employees’ information security effort. Motivated thus, this study proposes that leader displays of happiness or anger towards organizational information security significantly influence employees’ subsequent efforts on information security protection and employees’ personalities (extraversion and openness to experience) moderate the process. In essence, this study sheds new light on the interaction effect between leader emotional display and employees’ personalities on employees’ information security effort. This study contributes to the IS security literature by unveiling the importance of leader emotional displays.
Recommended Citation
Xu, Feng; Xue, Botong; and Warkentin, Merrill, "How do Leader Emotional Displays Influence Employees’ Information Security Effort?" (2020). AMCIS 2020 Proceedings. 30.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2020/info_security_privacy/info_security_privacy/30
How do Leader Emotional Displays Influence Employees’ Information Security Effort?
The leader has been considered important in influencing employees’ behavior and performance. However, the research identifying the mechanism about the role of leader in the information systems (IS) security context is still scant. According to the Emotion as Social Information (EASI) theory, this study posits that emotional displays by leaders play a critical role in influencing employees’ information security effort. Motivated thus, this study proposes that leader displays of happiness or anger towards organizational information security significantly influence employees’ subsequent efforts on information security protection and employees’ personalities (extraversion and openness to experience) moderate the process. In essence, this study sheds new light on the interaction effect between leader emotional display and employees’ personalities on employees’ information security effort. This study contributes to the IS security literature by unveiling the importance of leader emotional displays.
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