Investigating the role of religiosity as a deterrent against digital piracy
© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited.Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of religiosity as a deterrent to habitual digital piracy behaviour. Specifically, it will examine the extent to which “religious teaching” affects consumer attitudes towards digital piracy and their habitu...
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| author | Casidy, R. Lwin, Michael Phau, Ian |
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| description | © 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited.Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of religiosity as a deterrent to habitual digital piracy behaviour. Specifically, it will examine the extent to which “religious teaching” affects consumer attitudes towards digital piracy and their habitual digital piracy behaviour in a developing market. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 400 usable samples were collected from large religious organisations in Indonesia using convenience sampling. The latent moderation structural equation technique was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings: The results indicated that: facilitating conditions are a significant driver of digital piracy habit; attitude towards piracy is a significant deterrent of digital piracy and moderates the relationship between facilitating conditions and habitual digital piracy; and religious teaching is a significant deterrent of digital piracy habit, mediated by attitude towards piracy. Originality/value: This study investigates the influence of Christian religious teaching as a deterrent to digital piracy behaviour. Further, it investigates the mediating and moderating role of attitude in a digital piracy context. The study findings would provide insights for policy makers to deter digital piracy behaviour through the use of religious appeals. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-630642020-07-24T06:52:47Z Investigating the role of religiosity as a deterrent against digital piracy Casidy, R. Lwin, Michael Phau, Ian © 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited.Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of religiosity as a deterrent to habitual digital piracy behaviour. Specifically, it will examine the extent to which “religious teaching” affects consumer attitudes towards digital piracy and their habitual digital piracy behaviour in a developing market. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 400 usable samples were collected from large religious organisations in Indonesia using convenience sampling. The latent moderation structural equation technique was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings: The results indicated that: facilitating conditions are a significant driver of digital piracy habit; attitude towards piracy is a significant deterrent of digital piracy and moderates the relationship between facilitating conditions and habitual digital piracy; and religious teaching is a significant deterrent of digital piracy habit, mediated by attitude towards piracy. Originality/value: This study investigates the influence of Christian religious teaching as a deterrent to digital piracy behaviour. Further, it investigates the mediating and moderating role of attitude in a digital piracy context. The study findings would provide insights for policy makers to deter digital piracy behaviour through the use of religious appeals. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63064 10.1108/MIP-11-2015-0221 Emerald Group Publishing Limited restricted |
| spellingShingle | Casidy, R. Lwin, Michael Phau, Ian Investigating the role of religiosity as a deterrent against digital piracy |
| title | Investigating the role of religiosity as a deterrent against digital piracy |
| title_full | Investigating the role of religiosity as a deterrent against digital piracy |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the role of religiosity as a deterrent against digital piracy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the role of religiosity as a deterrent against digital piracy |
| title_short | Investigating the role of religiosity as a deterrent against digital piracy |
| title_sort | investigating the role of religiosity as a deterrent against digital piracy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63064 |