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PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ON THE INTERNET: A STUDY IN BURSA

Year 2015, Volume: 2 Issue: 3, 334 - 347, 06.11.2015

Ali Acilar , Hakan Olgun Aylin Gorur

Abstract

The widespread use of computers and the Internet has provided many advantages to everyday life, but also created new opportunities for unethical and illegal acts. Today, online privacy is one of the main concerns of the Internet users. Therefore privacy issues on the internet have become an important topic in the literature. Even though there are significant numbers of articles which are the subject of privacy, a limited number of papers investigate online privacy issues in public sector. The main aim of this study is to explore online privacy concerns of public employees. For this reason a survey conducted among public employees of governorship of Bursa, one of the largest cities in Turkey, in 2014. The survey questionnaire is consisted of items to measure online privacy concerns and some demographic characteristics of study participants. The findings of this study suggest that the research participants have concerns (although not very high) in general related to the Internet use.

Keywords

Privacy privacy concern Internet public employees

References

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Year 2015, Volume: 2 Issue: 3, 334 - 347, 06.11.2015

Ali Acilar , Hakan Olgun Aylin Gorur

Abstract

Bilgisayarların ve İnternet'in geniş ölçüde kullanımı günlük hayatımızda birçok fayda sağlamış olmasına rağmen aynı zamanda etik olmayan ve yasa dışı uygulamalara da fırsat oluşturmuştur. Günümüzde çevrimiçi mahremiyet, İnternet kullanıcılarının önemli kaygılarından birisidir. Bu nedenle İnternet’te mahremiyet sorunları, literatürde önemli bir konu haline gelmiştir. Mahremiyeti konu edinen çok sayıda makale olmasına karşın, sınırlı sayıda çalışma kamu sektöründe çevrimiçi mahremiyeti konu edinmiştir. Bu araştırmanın temel amacı kamu çalışanlarının İnternet’te mahremiyet kaygısını araştırmaktır. Bu amaçla Türkiye'nin büyük şehirlerinden biri olan Bursa valiliğindeki kamu çalışanları ile 2014 yılı içerisinde bir anket yapılmıştır. Yapılan anket, çalışmaya katılanların İnternet’te mahremiyet kaygısını ölçmeye yönelik ve demografik özellikleri ile ilgili sorular içermektedir. Yapılan analizler sonucunda araştırmaya katılanların İnternet'te mahremiyet ile ilgili endişelerinin olduğu (çok yüksek olmamakla birlikte) saptanmıştır. 1. GİRİŞ

References

  • Agranoff, M. H. (2002), E-Mail: Balancing corporate assets and employee privacy. Herold (Ed.), The Privacy
  • Papers: Managing Technology, Consumer, Employee, and Legislative Actions, New York: Auerbach Publications. Allen, M. W., Coopman, S. J., Hart, J. L. & Walker, K. L. (2007), Workplace surveillance and managing privacy boundaries, Management Communication Quarterly, 21(2), 172-200.
  • Buchanan, T., Paine, C., Joinson, A. N. & Reips, U. (2007), Development of measures of online privacy concern and protection for use on the Internet. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(2), 157-165.
  • Dedeoğlu, S. G. (2014), Özgürlük, mahremiyet, demokrasinin değeri ve bilişim toplumunda maruz kaldığı tehditler, Journal of Yasar University, 9(34), 5887-5897.
  • Lane, F. S. (2003). The Naked Employee: How Technology is Compromising Workplace Privacy. New York: AMACOM.
  • Paine, C., Reips, U., Stieger, S., Joinson, A. & Buchanan, T. (2007), Internet users’ perceptions of ‘privacy concerns’ and ‘privacy actions’, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 65, 526-536.
  • Preibusch, S. (2013), Guide to measuring privacy concern: Review of survey and observational instruments,
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 71, 1133-1143.
  • Shankar, V., Urban, G. L. & Sultan, F. (2002), Online trust: A stakeholder perspective, concepts, implications, and future directions, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 11, 325-344.
  • Sheriff, A. M. & Ravishankar, G. (2012), The techniques and rationale of e-surveillance practices in organizations,
  • International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2(2), 281-290. Stanton, J. M. & Stam, K. R. (2006), The Visible Employee, Medford/New Jersey: Information Today, Inc.
  • Yıldız, A. K. (2012), Sosyal paylaşım sitelerinin dijital yerlilerin bilgi edinme ve mahremiyet anlayışına etkisi, Bilgi Dünyası, 13(2), 529-542.
  • Yüksel, M. (2003), Mahremiyet hakkı ve sosyo-tarihsel gelişimi, Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 58(1), 181-213.
  • Yüksel, M. (2009), Mahremiyet hakkına ve bireysel özgürlüklere felsefi yaklaşımlar, Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 64(1), 275-298.
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Publication Date November 6, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2015 Volume: 2 Issue: 3

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APA Acilar, A., Olgun, H., & Gorur, A. (2015). PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ON THE INTERNET: A STUDY IN BURSA. Research Journal of Business and Management, 2(3), 334-347. https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2015312984
AMA Acilar A, Olgun H, Gorur A. PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ON THE INTERNET: A STUDY IN BURSA. RJBM. November 2015;2(3):334-347. doi:10.17261/Pressacademia.2015312984
Chicago Acilar, Ali, Hakan Olgun, and Aylin Gorur. “PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ON THE INTERNET: A STUDY IN BURSA”. Research Journal of Business and Management 2, no. 3 (November 2015): 334-47. https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2015312984.
EndNote Acilar A, Olgun H, Gorur A (November 1, 2015) PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ON THE INTERNET: A STUDY IN BURSA. Research Journal of Business and Management 2 3 334–347.
IEEE A. Acilar, H. Olgun, and A. Gorur, “PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ON THE INTERNET: A STUDY IN BURSA”, RJBM, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 334–347, 2015, doi: 10.17261/Pressacademia.2015312984.
ISNAD Acilar, Ali et al. “PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ON THE INTERNET: A STUDY IN BURSA”. Research Journal of Business and Management 2/3 (November 2015), 334-347. https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2015312984.
JAMA Acilar A, Olgun H, Gorur A. PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ON THE INTERNET: A STUDY IN BURSA. RJBM. 2015;2:334–347.
MLA Acilar, Ali et al. “PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ON THE INTERNET: A STUDY IN BURSA”. Research Journal of Business and Management, vol. 2, no. 3, 2015, pp. 334-47, doi:10.17261/Pressacademia.2015312984.
Vancouver Acilar A, Olgun H, Gorur A. PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ON THE INTERNET: A STUDY IN BURSA. RJBM. 2015;2(3):334-47.

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