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How do security managers motivate employees' security behavior - Leadership perspective

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In today’s digital world, there are several possible threats to organizations. Because of these possible threats, it is important to be as aware as possible and prepared for attacks to occur. Large and small organizations should have a good team of employees and a good leader to carry the organization through possible threats and attacks. Cybersecurity is not just about technology but a mix of different aspects involving people and policy. For an organization to succeed in the field of cybersecurity, the organization needs to have committed and skilled managers at the top. This study examines how security managers seek to motivate and influence employees' security behavior and which leadership styles they adopt to do so. There is a need for research that specifically addresses the approaches that security managers can adopt to motivate their employees toward security behavior. To find this out, the research approach I used was a qualitative interview study with semi-structured interviews and a systematic literature review approach. I interviewed eight security managers in various organizations from Norway and abroad. The interviews were transcribed and then coded into different categories. I also used a systematic literature review approach to look at previous studies on this topic and create a literature background for my study. The findings show a variation in the leadership styles adopted by the different security managers and the approaches used to motivate employees. I created a table with an overview of the leadership styles I found in my study, including the different approaches related to the leadership styles. There are differences in the approaches that are used to motivate in relation to the adopted leadership styles, but also similarities across the styles. This study contributes to promoting approaches that can help various organizations and security managers to motivate and influence their employees' security behavior. It can also help raise awareness of how necessary it is to motivate your employees, especially in cybersecurity.