The Relationships of Cross-Cultural Differences to the Values of Information Systems Professionals within the Context of Systems Development
Several studies have suggested that the effect of cultural differences among Information Systems (IS) professionals from different nations on the development and implementation of IS could be important. However, IS research has generally not considered culture when investigating the process of syste...
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ndltd-unt.edu-info-ark-67531-metadc2793482017-03-17T08:40:47Z The Relationships of Cross-Cultural Differences to the Values of Information Systems Professionals within the Context of Systems Development Holmes, Monica C. (Monica Cynthia) cultural differences information systems Organizational behavior -- Cross-cultural studies. Professional employees -- Cross-cultural studies. Management information systems. Information storage and retrieval systems -- Business. System design. System analysis. Several studies have suggested that the effect of cultural differences among Information Systems (IS) professionals from different nations on the development and implementation of IS could be important. However, IS research has generally not considered culture when investigating the process of systems development. This study examined the relationship between the cultural backgrounds of IS designers and their process-related values with a field survey in Singapore, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Hofstede's (1980) value survey module (i.e., Power Distance (PDI), Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI), InDiVidualism (IDV) and MASculininity/femininity) and Kumar's (1984) process-related values (i.e., technical, economic, and socio-political) were utilized in the data collection. The hypotheses tested were: whether the IS professionals differed on (H.,) their cultural dimensions based on country of origin, (Hg) their process-related values based on country of origin, and (H3) whether a relationship between their cultural dimensions and their process-related values existed. The countries were significantly different on their PDI, UAI and MAS, but not on their IDV. They significantly differed on their technical and sociopolitical values but not on their economic values. IDV and MAS significantly correlated with the process-related values in Singapore, Taiwan and the United States. In the United Kingdom, UAI significantly correlated with socio-political values; and MAS significantly correlated with technical and socio-political values. In Taiwan, UAI significantly correlated with technical and economic values. PDI did not illustrate any significant correlation with the IS process-related values in all four countries. In Singapore and the United States, UAI did not significantly correlate with any of these values. The results provide evidence that IS professionals differ on most of their cultural dimensions and IS process-related values. While IDV and MAS could be useful for examining the relationship between culture and systems development, research involving PDI and UAI might be of questionable benefit. University of North Texas Spence, J. Wayne Prybutok, Victor Ronald, 1952- Yellen, Richard E. Cobb, Steven L. 1995-12 Thesis or Dissertation x, 274 leaves : ill. Text call-no: 379 N81d no.4220 untcat: b1973184 local-cont-no: 1002722848-holmes https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279348/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc279348 English Singapore Taiwan United Kingdom United States Public Copyright Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Holmes, Monica C. (Monica Cynthia) |
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Several studies have suggested that the effect of cultural differences among Information Systems (IS) professionals from different nations on the development and implementation of IS could be important. However, IS research has generally not considered culture when investigating the process of systems development. This study examined the relationship between the cultural backgrounds of IS designers and their process-related values with a field survey in Singapore, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Hofstede's (1980) value survey module (i.e., Power Distance (PDI), Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI), InDiVidualism (IDV) and MASculininity/femininity) and Kumar's (1984) process-related values (i.e., technical, economic, and socio-political) were utilized in the data collection. The hypotheses tested were: whether the IS professionals differed on (H.,) their cultural dimensions based on country of origin, (Hg) their process-related values based on country of origin, and (H3) whether a relationship between their cultural dimensions and their process-related values existed. The countries were significantly different on their PDI, UAI and MAS, but not on their IDV. They significantly differed on their technical and sociopolitical values but not on their economic values. IDV and MAS significantly correlated with the process-related values in Singapore, Taiwan and the United States. In the United Kingdom, UAI significantly correlated with socio-political values; and MAS significantly correlated with technical and socio-political values. In Taiwan, UAI significantly correlated with technical and economic values. PDI did not illustrate any significant correlation with the IS process-related values in all four countries. In Singapore and the United States, UAI did not significantly correlate with any of these values. The results provide evidence that IS professionals differ on most of their cultural dimensions and IS process-related values. While IDV and MAS could be useful for examining the relationship between culture and systems development, research involving PDI and UAI might be of questionable benefit. |
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Spence, J. Wayne |
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Spence, J. Wayne Holmes, Monica C. (Monica Cynthia) |
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The Relationships of Cross-Cultural Differences to the Values of Information Systems Professionals within the Context of Systems Development |
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The Relationships of Cross-Cultural Differences to the Values of Information Systems Professionals within the Context of Systems Development |
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The Relationships of Cross-Cultural Differences to the Values of Information Systems Professionals within the Context of Systems Development |
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The Relationships of Cross-Cultural Differences to the Values of Information Systems Professionals within the Context of Systems Development |
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The Relationships of Cross-Cultural Differences to the Values of Information Systems Professionals within the Context of Systems Development |
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relationships of cross-cultural differences to the values of information systems professionals within the context of systems development |
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University of North Texas |
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1995 |
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