Abstract:

With the widespread application of digital technology, the collection of personal information has not only improved management efficiency but also raised privacy protection issues, leading to potential resistance behavior from information subjects. This study focuses on the field of campus management, deeply analyzes college students’ resistance behavior towards university information collection and its influencing factors, aiming to provide a theoretical basis for improving personal information protection systems and optimizing university information governance. This study collects data through questionnaire surveys and in-depth interviews, and uses fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to systematically analyze the influencing factors and combination paths of college students’ information collection resistance behavior. The study finds that college students’ resistance behavior towards university information collection is the result of the interaction of multi-dimensional information awareness, among which three relatively important combination paths are presented: The “technology rejection” path shows that the acceptance of information technology is an important factor affecting students’ resistance behavior, with individuals who have a high awareness of information rights and low acceptance of technology being more likely to resist; The “trust deficiency” path finds that the lack of knowledge about information protection and the reduction of trust in the university will jointly strengthen college students’ willingness to resist; The “knowledge paradox” path explains that even if students have a high level of information technology literacy and technology acceptance, the lack of information management awareness and information security perception can still lead to significant resistance behavior.

Key words: privacy awareness, digital resistance, risk perception, information autonomy, information management in higher education