The growing number of security breaches has become a major concern in organisations. Most often, such security breaches are related to internal employees due to their indirect or direct actions leading to information security policy (ISP) violations. Therefore, understanding employees’ security behaviour and intrinsic motivation towards ISP compliance with respect to autonomy is critical. This study aims to find out whether the autonomy intrinsic motivator can be influenced by the Decisions and Disruptions (D-D) table-top game to enhance security awareness and, in turn, reinforce behavioural intention towards ISP compliance. We developed pre- and post-assessment tests on intrinsic motivation to find out whether there is a significant improvement in test scores after participants experience D-D gameplay. Thirty postgraduate students participated in the study. Overall results confirmed that the autonomy intrinsic motivator is positively influenced by the game and has a positive effect on the behavioural intention to comply with ISPs.

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自主动机，严肃的游戏和对ISP合规性的意图

越来越多的安全漏洞已成为组织的主要关注点。大多数情况下，此类安全漏洞与内部员工有关，因为他们的间接或直接行为导致违反信息安全策略（ISP）。因此，了解员工的安全行为和自治方面对ISP遵从性的内在动机至关重要。这项研究旨在找出自主性内在动力是否会受到“决策与干扰”（DD）桌面游戏的影响，从而增强安全意识，进而增强针对ISP的行为意图。我们针对内在动机开发了评估前和评估后的测试，以找出参与者体验DD游戏玩法后测试分数是否有显着提高。30名研究生参加了这项研究。总体结果证实，自主性内在动力受到游戏的积极影响，并且对遵守ISP的行为意图产生积极影响。