The Mediating Role of Social Competition Identity Management Strategy in the Predictive Relationship between Susceptibility to Social Influence, Internet Privacy Concern, and Online Political Efficacy

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8407, 492-499 (2014)

26 Pages Posted: 20 May 2015

See all articles by Juneman Abraham

Juneman Abraham

Bina Nusantara University (BINUS) - Psychology Department

Murty Pane

Bina Nusantara University (BINUS)

Date Written: April 17, 2014

Abstract

There are few psychotechnological researches in political world in Indonesia, whereas Indonesia will enter "Year of Politics" by General Election which will be held in 2014. This research aimed at examining the hypothesis of predictive correlation, at the individual level, between susceptibility to social influence, internet privacy concern (as predictor variables) and online political efficacy (as the dependent variable). This research hypothesized that the relationship between the variables is mediated by online identity management strategy in the form of social competition. This research employed questionnaire to gain variables data. Participants of this research were 214 undergraduate students of Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta (106 males, 108 females). Result of this research shows that five of seven proposed hypotheses are supported by empirical data. Implications of the result of this research for online system development for political activities are discussed in the end of this article.

Keywords: Online efficacy, politics, identity management, social influence, privacy

JEL Classification: D72

Suggested Citation

Abraham, Juneman and Pane, Murty, The Mediating Role of Social Competition Identity Management Strategy in the Predictive Relationship between Susceptibility to Social Influence, Internet Privacy Concern, and Online Political Efficacy (April 17, 2014). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8407, 492-499 (2014), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2607165

Juneman Abraham (Contact Author)

Bina Nusantara University (BINUS) - Psychology Department ( email )

Jl. Kemanggisan Ilir III no. 45
Kemanggisan / Palmerah
Jakarta Barat, DKI Jakarta 11480
Indonesia
+62215345830 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://about.me/juneman

Murty Pane

Bina Nusantara University (BINUS) ( email )

Character Building Development Center
Jl Kemanggisan Ilir III/45, Kemanggisan / Palmerah
Jakarta Barat, ID DKI Jakarta 11480
Indonesia

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Downloads
54
Abstract Views
654
Rank
676,215
PlumX Metrics