  This paper reports on a study aiming to explore factors associated with
behavioral intention to follow a social engineering awareness campaign. The
objectives of this study were to determine how perceived severity, perceived
vulnerability, perceived threat, fear, subjective norm, attitude towards
behavior, perceived behavioral control, self-efficacy, response efficacy, trust
in authorities, perceived regulation, authorities performance, information
sensitivity and privacy concern are associated with individuals' behavioral
intention to follow a social engineering awareness campaign. The study employed
a cross-sectional research design. A survey was conducted among individuals in
Slovenia between January and June 2020. A total of 553 respondents completed
the survey providing for N=542 useful responses after excluding poorly
completed responses (27.9 percent response rate). The survey questionnaire was
developed in English. A Slovenian translation of the survey questionnaire is
available.
