Abstract
This study examines how skepticism moderates internet users' trust revisions from the announcement of a data breach and subsequent restorative actions to compensate users impacted by the breach. Skepticism has been tied to belief revisions in several different contexts. Data analysis supports the hypothesis that users with high skepticism are related to larger drops in trust in reaction to a data breach, especially when there is a delay in announcing the data breach. This study also contributes to the existing literature on e-commerce trust by supporting findings of other research that examines whether a company's forthrightness in announcing a data breach impacts trust reduction after a data breach and subsequent trust increases after efforts to repair trust.
Recommended Citation
Muzatko, Steven and Bansal, Gaurav, "Consumer Skepticism as it Relates to E Commerce Data Breaches and Company Efforts to Enhance Trust" (2020). MWAIS 2020 Proceedings. 22.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/mwais2020/22