Management and mitigation of location privacy violations: Case study analysis of U.S. local governments
通过六个美国市县政府的案例研究，探讨地方政府如何管理位置隐私并缓解其侵犯，归纳出七项命题和一个以管理认知为核心的研究模型，对城市和县级管理有实践启示。
Location privacy is a growing challenge in today’s geo-referenced world. This exploratory study investigates the management of location privacy and mitigation of its violations through case studies of six city and county governments in the United States. It focuses on why or why not local governments have instituted location privacy policies, how they incorporate location privacy in their management, and how the managerial processes of location privacy policy formulation and implementation could be conceptualized. It follows an inductive approach, analyzing within-case findings, identifying cross-case commonalities, and inducing propositions. Findings show that there is no consistent definition of location privacy, with each local government developing its own definition and attendant approaches to privacy policymaking, management, and protection. It induces seven propositions and posits a research model centered on the concept of managerial cognition. Practical implications for city and county management are also discussed.