University of Twente Student Theses
How do the protection motivation theory and the self-determination theory influence healthcare employees’ intention to perform safe cyber behaviour?
Jannink, K.J.B. (2025) How do the protection motivation theory and the self-determination theory influence healthcare employees’ intention to perform safe cyber behaviour?
|
PDF
491kB |
| Abstract: | With the increasing threat of cyberattacks in healthcare, preventive measures should focus more on the behaviour of healthcare employees, as they are the weakest link contributing to security breaches. This study uses the protection motivation theory (PMT), the self-determination theory (SDT) and response performance motivation to explain the motivational drivers of healthcare employees’ security behaviour. Using an online questionnaire, 231 healthcare employees from organisations associated with the Regional Acute Care Consultation (ROAZ) shared their views on cyber motivational factors. In comparison to PMT variables as a whole, the results suggest that SDT as a whole is a stronger predictor of the behavioural intention to engage in safe cyber behaviour. This means that fear-driven factors are a weaker predictor of behavioural intention than factors that align more closely with healthcare employees' self-concept and internal values. Adding response performance motivation to both theories decreased the strength of the prediction and influenced the significance negatively. Despite that, response performance motivation had a remarkable effect and is regarded as the most effective variable for behavioural intention compared to PMT and SDT variables. Perceived competence and response efficacy were also perceived as impactful variables |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology MSc (66604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/105210 |
| Export this item as: | BibTeX EndNote HTML Citation Reference Manager |
Show download statistics for this publication
Show download statistics for this publicationRepository Staff Only: item control page