Name
Title | ||
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Moral Beliefs, Self-Control, and Sports: Effective Antidotes to the Youth Computer Hacking Epidemic |
Abstract | ||
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While research on computer hackers has a long history, most of the studies in the past three decades have been qualitative and anecdotal in nature. The question why young computer talents become computer hackers remains. Based on the results of a case study, we conducted a survey based empirical study using the scenario based research methodology. Statistical analyses show that three primary factors contribute to the likelihood of talents becoming hackers: moral beliefs, self-control, and time spent on computer games vs. sports activities. Our results indicate that individuals who have strong moral beliefs against hacking activities, strong abilities to control temper, and spend more time in sports than on computer games are less likely to be involved in computer hacking activities. The significant implications of these findings for scholars, educators, and policy makers are discussed and future research directions are explored. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2012 | 10.1109/HICSS.2012.438 | HICSS |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
computer game,moral beliefs,youth computer hacking epidemic,young computer talent,research methodology,effective antidotes,moral belief,computer hacker,sports activity,empirical study,case study,hacking activity,future research direction,self control,sports,games,game programming,hackers,ethics,programming,statistical analysis,human factors | Computer science,Public relations,Knowledge management,Hacker,Research methodology,Self-control,Marketing,Empirical research,Statistical analysis | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.36 | 12 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qing Hu | 1 | 1984 | 78.15 |
| Chenghong Zhang | 2 | 116 | 18.03 |
| Zhengchuan Xu | 3 | 232 | 14.07 |