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The eminent presence of globalization coupled with the advancement of information technology continues to penetrate and integrate societies and nations in a manner previously unknown. To stay competitive, most countries advocate and implement policies and amenities to encourage technological acceptance and adaptability. In this study, we investigate into the factors explaining the diffusion of ICT and its impact on economic activities. To gauge such, we examine the influence of ICT diffusion on a country's economic orientation. Our rationale is that greater the extent of ICT adoption in societies, the greater the economic and social development. For the purpose of this study, a set of Latin American countries is studied to capture the relative effect of various social, economical, and infrastructural variables into the overall ICT level, where ICT level is proxied by the Network Readiness Index adopted from World Economic Forum. The result indicates that a country's IT expenditure, age dependency ratio, literacy rate, and urbanization draw significant attention in explaining ICT diffusion in this region.

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This research investigates into interpersonal trust and workplace outcomes in organizations within social exchange perspective. Current study is building upon the theoretical underpinnings of trust studies that pose trust as a psychological state and a social glue. Current research develops a theoretical model of interpersonal trust presuming that different trust objects-namely peers and senior managementhave unique and direct effects on global workplace outcomes: Affective commitment, turnover intention, and job satisfaction. The data was collected via convenience sampling and data consists of 134 professionals working in Turkey. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using Partial Least Squares (PLS) is employed to test our model. Findings suggest that trust in peers and trust in senior management translate into higher affective commitment. Results indicate a positive association between job satisfaction and trust in senior management. Turnover intention however, did not significantly associate with any of the trust variables suggesting the difference between economic exchange and social exchange, which involves reciprocal behaviors. Simultaneous investigation of two trust objects in organizations as well as inclusion of variety of contextual factors bring rigor to the scope of the research and the explanations of workplace outcomes.