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Reference
Title: | Gender Differences in Software Piracy: The Mediating Roles of Self-Control Theory and Social Learning Theory |
Author: | George E Higgins [University of Louisville] |
Source: | Journal of Economic Crime Management 4, no. 1 |
Year: | 2006 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Software |
Country/Territory: | United States of America |
Objective: | To determine if low self-control or social learning theory can reduce the gender gap in software piracy. |
Sample: | 392 liberal arts college students |
Methodology: | Voluntary anonymous questionnaire |
Main Findings
Confirm that gender differences do exist in Internet software piracy. Low self-control and social learning reduce the gender differences in software piracy.
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]