Investigating illegal downloading of video games - a conceptual paper

This study investigates the factors influencing "illegal" downloading of pirated games from the Internet. Specifically, it examines how personal factors ("habits", "affect", "self efficacy" and "moral judgement") and social factors ("facilitatin...

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Main Authors: Liang, Johan, Phau, Ian
Format: Working Paper
Published: School of Marketing, Curtin Business School 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34956
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description This study investigates the factors influencing "illegal" downloading of pirated games from the Internet. Specifically, it examines how personal factors ("habits", "affect", "self efficacy" and "moral judgement") and social factors ("facilitating conditions" and "social factors") influence "attitudes towards downloading pirated games" that lead to the "intention to download pirated games" in the future. Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), and Neutralization Theory will be used to as theoretical foundation to explain the conceptual framework. A number of implications for businesses will be discussed, suggestions for future research are reviewed and the main contributions of the study will also be delineated.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-349562017-01-30T13:46:47Z Investigating illegal downloading of video games - a conceptual paper Liang, Johan Phau, Ian Theory of Planned Behavior Neutralization Theory Games piracy downloading This study investigates the factors influencing "illegal" downloading of pirated games from the Internet. Specifically, it examines how personal factors ("habits", "affect", "self efficacy" and "moral judgement") and social factors ("facilitating conditions" and "social factors") influence "attitudes towards downloading pirated games" that lead to the "intention to download pirated games" in the future. Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), and Neutralization Theory will be used to as theoretical foundation to explain the conceptual framework. A number of implications for businesses will be discussed, suggestions for future research are reviewed and the main contributions of the study will also be delineated. 2010 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34956 School of Marketing, Curtin Business School fulltext
spellingShingle Theory of Planned Behavior
Neutralization Theory
Games piracy
downloading
Liang, Johan
Phau, Ian
Investigating illegal downloading of video games - a conceptual paper
title Investigating illegal downloading of video games - a conceptual paper
title_full Investigating illegal downloading of video games - a conceptual paper
title_fullStr Investigating illegal downloading of video games - a conceptual paper
title_full_unstemmed Investigating illegal downloading of video games - a conceptual paper
title_short Investigating illegal downloading of video games - a conceptual paper
title_sort investigating illegal downloading of video games - a conceptual paper
topic Theory of Planned Behavior
Neutralization Theory
Games piracy
downloading
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34956