Showing papers by "Linda Babcock published in 2009"

Privacy Concerns and Information Disclosure: An Illusion of Control Hypothesis

Abstract: Another example: Spiekermann, Grossklags and Berendt (2001) conducted an experiment on people’s privacy concerns and attitudes in the context of online shopping. They find that even the most privacy-aware and concerned subjects reveal a lot of private information, regardless of its relevance with respect to the product being bought. Quite daunting result, especially considering that in this study people were asked to sign a consent form allowing for their data to be sold to an unspecified third party. The Pew Internet & American Life Project published a survey in April 2007 (Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2007) about the use of online social networks by teenagers and, among their results, they report that: • 82% of surveyed profile creators posted their first name online and 29% also posted their last name (11% on publicly accessible profiles); • 79% included pictures of themselves; • 61% published the name of their city or town; • 29% posted their email address and 2% added a mobile number. Several possible explanations for this inconsistency:

Are outside offers and answer to the compensation negotiation dilemma for women

Abstract: The article discusses the risk involved in women negotiating compensation. Negotiating for higher compensation has been proved to have economic benefits, however, it is socially risky for women to ...