Pirated software: ethical attitudes and purchase behaviour of consumers
dc.contributor.author | Phau, Ian | |
dc.contributor.editor | Harry Timmermans | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T13:20:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T13:20:06Z | |
dc.date.created | 2010-08-17T20:02:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Phau, Ian. 2010. Pirated software: ethical attitudes and purchase behaviour of consumers, in Harry Timmermans (ed), Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science Conference, Jul 2 2010. Istanbul: Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30533 | |
dc.description.abstract |
This study investigates the ethical attitudes and purchase behaviour of Indonesian consumers towards software piracy. While previous studies have uncovered various motivations that drive consumers from different countries to engage in this undesirable behaviour, changes in the business landscape, including advancement in technology, necessitates a revisit into the attitudes and purchase intentions towards pirated software. It is found that habitual behaviour, integrity, facilitating conditions, and personal gratification are significant predictors of consumers’ attitudes towards software piracy. Habitual behaviour and facilitating conditions are also found to be predictors of purchase intention. In contrast to prior studies, collectivism, normative and informative susceptibility, and value consciousness do not influence either attitudes towards and purchase intentions of pirated software. The main implication of this study is the clear indication that different strategies need to be formulated to curb software piracy in an emerging economy such as Indonesia. | |
dc.publisher | Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science | |
dc.subject | culture-public relations relationship | |
dc.subject | public relations | |
dc.subject | education | |
dc.subject | heuristic | |
dc.title | Pirated software: ethical attitudes and purchase behaviour of consumers | |
dc.type | Conference Paper | |
dcterms.source.title | Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science conference proceedings | |
dcterms.source.series | Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science conference proceedings | |
dcterms.source.isbn | 9789068141801 | |
dcterms.source.conference | Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science Conference | |
dcterms.source.conference-start-date | Jul 2 2010 | |
dcterms.source.conferencelocation | Istanbul | |
dcterms.source.place | Turkey | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access | |
curtin.faculty | Curtin Business School | |
curtin.faculty | School of Marketing |