In a recent period, it becomes more and more important to keep the cutting-edge
industrial technology secured. This is because competitive technology appears to be a
cornerstone of national power. Although the industrial espionage must be an illegal behavior
or a kind of white-collar crime, there has been few researches on industrial espionage from
a criminological perspective. This study investigates the relationship between industrial
espionage, self-control, and organizational commitment.
The hypotheses of this study were found to be statistically significant. The hypothesis 1
that the high self-control reduces the possibility of industrial espionage was accepted, and
the hypothesis 2 that the high organizational commitment reduces the possibility of industrial
espionage was also accepted. This results showed that self-control and organizational
commitment were the key factors to prevent industrial espionage, which eventually reinforces
industrial security.
This study used a convenient sampling, which might be the limits of this study. By using
a convenient sampling, the result of the study could not depend on representative sample.
Nonetheless, this study was trying to explore the relationship between industrial espionage,
self-control, and organizational commitment which was not researched yet. The purpose of
this study is to contribute to find out the criminological causes of industrial espionage and
eventually to prevent it.