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Paul Benjamin Lowry

Paul Benjamin Lowry

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
68
Citations
19965
World Ranking
2070
National Ranking
1046

Business and Management

D-Index
70
Citations
21024
World Ranking
304
National Ranking
143

Overview

Paul Benjamin Lowry is a researcher affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines, focusing primarily on social sciences, computer science, and business, management, and accounting. Lowry's research output includes 54 publications in social sciences, 50 in computer science, and 47 in business-related fields.

Their subfields of study concentrate largely on sociology and political science, information systems, information systems and management, management information systems, and strategy and management. This demonstrates a broad but interconnected scope involving social, technological, and organizational aspects.

Key research topics that Lowry has addressed include technology adoption and user behavior, information and cybersecurity, the impact of technology on adolescents, privacy, security and data protection, cybercrime and law enforcement studies, digital marketing and social media, and knowledge management and sharing.

Lowry has contributed to several significant publication venues, with notable frequency in the following journals:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (28 publications)
  • Information Systems Journal (7 publications)
  • Journal of Management Information Systems (6 publications)
  • Information & Management (5 publications)
  • Journal of the Association for Information Systems (4 publications)

Some of Lowry's recent published papers include:

  • Using Design-Science Based Gamification to Improve Organizational Security Training and Compliance, 2020, Journal of Management Information Systems
  • Information Technology and Organizational Innovation: Harmonious Information Technology Affordance and Courage-Based Actualization, 2020, The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
  • The Physical Internet as a New Supply Chain Paradigm: A Systematic Literature Review and a Comprehensive Framework, 2020, The International Journal of Logistics Management
  • The Effectiveness of Abstract Versus Concrete Fear Appeals in Information Security, 2020, Journal of Management Information Systems
  • Collaborating with Technology-Based Autonomous Agents, 2020, Internet Research

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorship with several researchers, such as:

  • Gregory D. Moody
  • Sutirtha Chatterjee
  • Sebastian Schuetz
  • Xiling Cui
  • Jason Bennett Thatcher

Best Publications

  • Partial Least Squares (PLS) Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) for Building and Testing Behavioral Causal Theory: When to Choose It and How to Use It

    Paul Benjamin Lowry;James Gaskin

  • Future directions for behavioral information security research

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

  • What do systems users have to fear? using fear appeals to engender threats and fear that motivate protective security behaviors

    Scott R. Boss;Dennis F. Galletta;Paul Benjamin Lowry;Gregory D. Moody

  • Building a Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Collaborative Writing to Improve Interdisciplinary Research and Practice

    Paul Benjamin Lowry;Aaron Curtis;Michelle René Lowry

  • Proposing the online community self-disclosure model: the case of working professionals in France and the U.K. who use online communities

    Clay Posey;Paul Benjamin Lowry;Tom L Roberts;T Selwyn Ellis

  • Explaining and Predicting the Impact of Branding Alliances and Web Site Quality on Initial Consumer Trust of E-Commerce Web Sites

    Paul Lowry;Anthony Vance;Greg Moody;Bryan Beckman

  • Privacy Concerns Versus Desire for Interpersonal Awareness in Driving the Use of Self-Disclosure Technologies: The Case of Instant Messaging in Two Cultures

    Paul Lowry;Jinwei Cao;Andrea Everard

  • Taking “Fun and Games” Seriously: Proposing the Hedonic-Motivation System Adoption Model (HMSAM)

    Paul Benjamin Lowry;James Eric Gaskin;Nathan W. Twyman;Bryan I. Hammer

  • Why Do Adults Engage in Cyberbullying on Social Media? An Integration of Online Disinhibition and Deindividuation Effects with the Social Structure and Social Learning Model

    Paul Benjamin Lowry;Jun Zhang;Chuang Wang;Mikko T. Siponen

  • Information disclosure on mobile devices: Re-examining privacy calculus with actual user behavior

    Mark J. Keith;Samuel C. Thompson;Joanne Hale;Paul Benjamin Lowry

  • The Impact of Organizational Commitment on Insiders’ Motivation to Protect Organizational Information Assets

    Clay Posey;Tom L. Roberts;Paul Benjamin Lowry

  • The Impact of Group Size and Social Presence on Small-Group Communication: Does Computer-Mediated Communication Make a Difference?

    Paul Benjamin Lowry;Tom L. Roberts;Nicholas C. Romano;Paul D. Cheney

  • Global Journal Prestige and Supporting Disciplines: A Scientometric Study of Information Systems Journals

    Paul Benjamin Lowry;Denton Romans;Aaron Curtis

  • The CMC Interactivity Model: How Interactivity Enhances Communication Quality and Process Satisfaction in Lean-Media Groups

    Paul Lowry;Nicholas Romano;Jeffrey Jenkins;Randy Guthrie

  • Using Accountability to Reduce Access Policy Violations in Information Systems

    Anthony Vance;Paul Benjamin Lowry;Dennis Eggett

  • Cargo Cult science in traditional organization and information systems survey research

    Paul Benjamin Lowry;John D'Arcy;Bryan Hammer;Gregory D. Moody

  • Proposing the control-reactance compliance model CRCM to explain opposing motivations to comply with organisational information security policies

    Paul Benjamin Lowry;Gregory D. Moody

  • The Impact of Individualism-Collectivism, Social Presence, and Group Diversity on Group Decision Making Under Majority Influence

    Dongsong Zhang;Paul Lowry;Lina Zhou;Xiaolan Fu

  • Insiders' protection of organizational information assets: development of a systematics-based taxonomy and theory of diversity for protection-motivated behaviors

    Clay Posey;Tom L. Roberts;Paul Benjamin Lowry;Rebecca J. Bennett

  • Increasing accountability through user-interface design artifacts: a new approach to addressing the problem of access-policy violations

    Anthony Vance;Paul Benjamin Lowry;Dennis Eggett

  • Proposing the Online Community Self-Disclosure Model: The Case of Working Professionals in France and the UK Who Use Online Communities

    Clay Posey;Paul Benjamin Lowry;Tom Roberts;Selwyn Ellis

  • ‘Cargo Cult’ Science in Traditional Organization and Information Systems Survey Research: A Case for Using Nontraditional Methods of Data Collection, Including Mechanical Turk and Online Panels

    Paul Benjamin Lowry;John D'Arcy;Bryan Hammer;Gregory D Moody

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis F. Galletta
Dennis F. Galletta University of Pittsburgh
Jay F. Nunamaker
Jay F. Nunamaker University of Arizona
Dongsong Zhang
Dongsong Zhang University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Horst Treiblmaier
Horst Treiblmaier MODUL University Vienna
Susan A. Brown
Susan A. Brown University of Arizona
Ting-Peng Liang
Ting-Peng Liang National Sun Yat-sen University
Suprateek Sarker
Suprateek Sarker University of Virginia
Merrill Warkentin
Merrill Warkentin Mississippi State University
Carol Saunders
Carol Saunders University of Central Florida
Xiaolan Fu
Xiaolan Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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