Motor Impulsivity and Individual Behavior in Cloud Business: Privacy as a Mediator and Openness as a Personality Trait Shaping Security Dynamics

Date of Award

Fall 2025

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Committee Chair

Timothy Reymann

Committee Member

Lori Salgado

Committee Member

Lewis Chongwony

Abstract

Literature has paid considerable attention to the study of impulsivity and personality characteristics on aspects such as risk-taking behavior and privacy concern in other contexts, but little light has been shed on how they combine among people in cloud business and data security setting. The current study filled a significant void by quantitatively examining how motor impulsivity was combined with openness to experience trait of personality and personal information privacy on one’s behavior in the cloud business and data security environment. A total of 150 cloud business and technical professionals in financial companies were sampled. Risk propensity model was utilized as a framework. This study investigated two primary research questions regarding the relationship between motor impulsivity and individual behavior. Specifically, it examined whether personal information privacy mediated this relationship and whether openness to experience moderated the strength or direction of this effect. There were statistically significant results which led to the rejection of all three null hypotheses as stated in the research question. Suggestions ranged from a program to assessing impulsive behavior, tailored training modules, and personalized security measures. It would be interesting for future work to investigate the moderating effects of other personality traits on impulsivity and personal behavior, as well as to study how cultural dimensions shape security behavior.

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