Providing a model of protective behavior against the concern of group privacy violations(case study: social security medical centers)

This study aims to provide a model of protective behavior against the concern of violating the group's privacy. The current research is an applied-developmental research in terms of its purpose, and it is a survey-cross-sectional research from the point of view of the data collection method. A mixed exploratory design has been used to achieve the goal of the research. The statistical population includes the treatment and administrative staff of the Social Security Organization of Semnan Province, numbering 652 people, and the sample size was estimated to be 277 people using Cochran's formula. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data. The underlying categories of the three branches of management were identified by thematic analysis method and the final model was validated by the structural equation modeling method. Qualitative data analysis was done with Maxqda software and quantitative part with LISREL. The results have shown that the overarching categories are grouped in the form of factors of concern about the violation of group privacy and protection. Organizing factors also include concerns about privacy violations of group members, group nature, group behavior, group communication, group information, caution, restriction, intervention, and control. Also, the moderating effect of formality and centrality of the group on the path of concern about violation of group privacy to protective behavior has been investigated and confirmed.