The Relationship Between National Culture and E-Adoption: A Case Study of Iran | Science Publications

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Parisa Assar¹  Akram Hadizadeh Moghadam¹ 

关键词: National Culture;    Hofstede’    s Cultural dimensions;    VSM method;    ICT adoption and implementation;   

DOI  :  10.3844/ajassp.2008.369.377

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

National Culture, in the sense of the shared traditions and representations of a society, has a profound effect on the design, adoption and the use of Information Technologies in each society. E-Adoption refers to the adoption of Information Technology and internet. Using Hofstede theory as the primary theoretical framework, through a review of existing studies, the current study attempted to explore the potential impact of differences in national culture on IT implementation and adoption. Based on these studies, national culture has a major effect on e-adoption; it could be as a restraining or driving force. Given the fact that the concept of culture is not static and will change over the time, this study illustrated that by renewing Hofstede

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