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Integrative Analysis on Digital Piracy: Focused on Attitude, Personal Norm, and Habit

디지털 콘텐츠 불법복제 행동에 대한 통합적 분석: 태도, 개인규범, 습관을 중심으로

  • Choi, Byounggu (College of Business Administration, Kookmin University)
  • Received : 2018.06.04
  • Accepted : 2018.07.18
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

The rapid development of information and communication technology has made it for people to pirate digital contents easily and quickly. Although many studies have investigated the underlying factors that lead to an individual engaging in digital piracy, few studies have provided holistic and integrative view on this issue. Therefore, this study attempts to build integrative research model based on theory of planned behavior (TPB), norm activation model (NAM), and habit. For this purpose, this study develops nine hypotheses that explain the relationship between attitude, personal norm, habit, and behavioral intention, and tests them with survey data collected from 337 participants. The results of this study show that attitude, perceived behavioral control, personal norm, and habit have impact on behavioral intention of digital piracy while subjective norm does not affect behavioral intention. This study contributes to expand existing studies by identifying the relationship between attitude, personal norm, habit and behavioral intention.

정보통신 기술의 급격한 발전으로 인해 사람들은 디지털 콘텐츠의 불법복제를 보다 쉽고 빠르게 할 수 있게 되었다. 이에 따라 왜 사람들이 불법복제 행위를 하는가에 대한 많은 연구가 이루어져 왔다. 그러나 아직까지 불법복제 행위에 대한 체계적이고 통합적인 연구는 거의 이루어지지 않고 있다. 본 연구는 계획된 행위이론, 규범활성화 모형, 습관 등을 통합함으로써 기존 연구의 한계를 극복하고자 하였다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해 태도, 개인규범, 습관 등이 불법복제 행위의도에 미치는 영향을 설명하는 9개의 가설을 수립하고 337명으로부터 수집한 자료를 통해 이를 검증하였다. 분석한 결과 태도, 지각된 행위통제, 개인규범, 습관은 불법복제 행위의도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 반면 주관적 규범은 행위의도에 직접적인 영향을 미치는 것이 아니라 개인규범을 통해 행위의도에 간접적인 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 나아가 습관은 태도에도 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 태도, 개인규범, 습관은 불법복제 행위의도 간의 관계를 파악함으로써 기존 연구의 확장에 기여하였다는 점에서 그 의의가 있다.

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Norm Activation Model

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Research Model

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Analysis Results

Characteristics of Participants

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Reliability and Convergent Validity

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Discriminant Validity

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Hypotheses Test Results

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Mediating Analysis Using Sobel Test

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