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2378
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1153

Overview

Merrill Warkentin is affiliated with Mississippi State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Social Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Information Systems and related disciplines.

The scientist's work focuses on areas including Information and Cyber Security, Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies, Privacy, Security, and Data Protection, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Spam and Phishing Detection, and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence.

Warkentin has contributed to the academic community through multiple publications in leading venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Information & Management
  • Journal of Intellectual Capital
  • Journal of Knowledge Management
  • Journal of Computer Information Systems

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and thematic focus of their research:

  • "Using the security triad to assess blockchain technology in public sector applications," 2020, International Journal of Information Management
  • "A Self-Tuning Model for Smart Manufacturing SMEs: Effects on Digital Innovation," 2020, Journal of Product Innovation Management
  • "So many ways for assessing outliers: What really works and does it matter?", 2021, Journal of Business Research
  • "Does government social media promote users' information security behavior towards COVID-19 scams? Cultivation effects and protective motivations," 2021, Government Information Quarterly
  • "Two decades of the Journal of Intellectual Capital: a bibliometric overview and an agenda for future research," 2020, Journal of Intellectual Capital

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Warkentin's research career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Allen C. Johnston
  • Zhenya Tang
  • Karen Renaud
  • Anthony Vance
  • Zhongyun Zhou

Warkentin's main areas of publication concentrate on information security topics covering both technical and behavioral aspects, as well as the intersection of technology with law enforcement and privacy issues. Their subfields further highlight engagement with social sciences, strategy and management, and computer networks and communications.

Best Publications

  • Past, present, and future of decision support technology

    J. P. Shim;Merrill Warkentin;James F. Courtney;Daniel J. Power

  • Fear appeals and information security behaviors: an empirical study

    Allen C. Johnston;Merrill Warkentin

  • Encouraging Citizen Adoption of e-Government by Building Trust

    Merrill Warkentin;David Gefen;Paul A. Pavlou;Gregory M. Rose

  • Virtual Teams versus Face-to-Face Teams: An Exploratory Study of a Web-based Conference System*

    Merrill E. Warkentin;Lutfus Sayeed;Ross Hightower

  • Future directions for behavioral information security research

    Robert E. Crossler;Allen C. Johnston;Paul Benjamin Lowry;Qing Hu

  • Threats to Information Systems: Today's Reality, Yesterday's Understanding

    Karen D. Loch;Houston H. Carr;Merrill E. Warkentin

  • Beyond deterrence: an expanded view of employee computer abuse

    Robert Willison;Merrill Warkentin

  • Behavioral and policy issues in information systems security: the insider threat

    Merrill Warkentin;Robert Willison

  • An enhanced fear appeal rhetorical framework: leveraging threats to the human asset through sanctioning rhetoric

    Allen C. Johnston;Merrill Warkentin;Mikko Siponen

  • Integrating the Content and Process of Strategic MIS Planning with Competitive Strategy

    Sidhartha R. Das;Shaker A. Zahra;Merrill E. Warkentin

  • Training to improve virtual team communication

    Merrill Warkentin;Peggy M. Beranek

  • Issues in Mobile E-Commerce

    Peter Tarasewich;Robert C. Nickerson;Merrill Warkentin

  • A Self-Tuning Model for Smart Manufacturing SMEs: Effects on Digital Innovation

    Manlio Del Giudice;Veronica Scuotto;Armando Papa;Shlomo Y. Tarba

  • The influence of the informal social learning environment on information privacy policy compliance efficacy and intention

    Merrill Warkentin;Allen C Johnston;Jordan Shropshire

  • Personality, attitudes, and intentions

    Jordan Shropshire;Merrill Warkentin;Shwadhin Sharma

  • Cultural Diversity and Trust in IT Adoption: A Comparison of Potential e-Voters in the USA and South Africa

    David Gefen;Gregory M. Rose;Merrill Warkentin;Paul A. Pavlou

  • Dispositional and situational factors: influences on information security policy violations

    Allen C. Johnston;Merrill Warkentin;Maranda E. McBride;Lemuria D. Carter

  • Don't make excuses! Discouraging neutralization to reduce IT policy violation

    Jordan B. Barlow;Merrill Warkentin;Dustin Ormond;Alan R. Dennis

  • Steganography and Steganalysis

    Merrill Warkentin;Mark B. Schmidt;Ernest Bekkering

  • E‐knowledge networks for inter‐organizational collaborative e‐business

    Merrill Warkentin;Ravi Bapna;Vijayan Sugumaran

Frequent Co-Authors

Veronica Scuotto
Veronica Scuotto University of Naples Federico II
Pradeep Kumar Nair
Pradeep Kumar Nair University of Florida

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