ABSTRACT

The IS research community has called for more research on hackers and their behavioral motivations. One of the reasons that research on hackers has been so limited is that there is no clear definition of what a hacker is, or who may or may not be considered a hacker. Researchers have attempted to define the term hacker, yet overall attempts to craft a definition have been inconsistent and partially complete. The purpose of this paper is to present results from an inductive, qualitative study of how the term hacker has been defined in IS literature. We reviewed the leading IS journals to identify previously-used hacker definitions. The review and analysis conducted in this paper yields a more comprehensive definition of the term hacker to help advance hacker-related IS research efforts.

摘要

IS 研究界呼吁对黑客及其行为动机进行更多研究。对黑客的研究如此有限的原因之一是没有明确的定义黑客是什么，或者谁可能被认为是黑客，也可能不是黑客。研究人员试图定义“黑客”一词，但总体上对定义的尝试并不一致且部分完成。本文的目的是展示对 IS 文献中黑客一词的定义进行归纳、定性研究的结果。我们审查了领先的 IS 期刊，以确定以前使用的黑客定义。本文中进行的审查和分析对黑客一词进行了更全面的定义，以帮助推进与黑客相关的 IS 研究工作。