dc.contributor.advisor | Caska, Barbara | en |
dc.contributor.author | Holland, Geraldine | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-24T14:44:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-24T14:44:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Holland, G. (2013). An investigatory study into students’ attitudes towards the piracy of digital material. Higher Diploma Final Year Project, Dublin Business School. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10788/1606 | |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to investigate students’ attitudes relating to favourableness/
unfavourableness towards digital piracy, specifically with regard to gender differences, age
differences, levels of self efficacy, machiavellianism and subjective norms. This was a crosssectional
survey design combined with a correlational study in which 102 participants from
Psychology classes in Dublin Business School were surveyed with three questionnaires: the
Digital Piracy Scale, the General Self Efficacy Scale and the MACH-IV Scale. The findings
provided three significant results – i) males have a more favourable attitude over females; ii)
younger students have a more favourable attitude over older students and iii) subjective
norms and attitudes were found to have an existing correlation; no significant results were
found with self-efficacy and machiavellianism. Author keywords: attitudes, digital piracy, machiavellianism, subjective norms, self efficacy | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Dublin Business School | en |
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dc.subject | Psychology | en |
dc.title | An investigatory study into students’ attitudes towards the piracy of digital material | en |
dc.type | Final Year Project | en |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright: the author | en |
dc.type.degreename | Higher Diploma in Arts in Psychology | en |
dc.type.degreelevel | Higher Diploma | en |