Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance, and Technology: Analyzing Hofstede's Dimensions and Human Development Indicators

Matusitz, Jonathan; Musambira, George W.

doi:10.1080/15228835.2012.738561

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“…UUA's having the strongest significance strengthens the vital role of cultural dimensions in the field of technology acceptance, as supported by previous studies b y Ayoun and Moreo (2008) and Aykut (2009). A recent study by Matusitz and Musambira (2013) proved that lower levels of uncertainty avoidance positively correlated to higher acceptance of cell phone subscriptions and internet use. Evidence was found to demonstrate uncertainty avoidance influencing consumer trust in online purchasing decision (Hwang & Lee, 2012).…”

Section: Quality (Siq) and Dependent Variable Mwt Adoption For Intermentioning

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An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting Mobile Wireless Technology Adoption for Promoting Interactive Lectures in Higher Education

Gan

Balakrishnan

2016

IRRODL

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Use of mobile technology is widespread, particularly among the younger generation. There is a huge potential for utilizing such technology in lecture classes with large numbers of students, serving as an interaction tool between the students and lecturers. The challenge is to identify significant adoption factors to ensure effective adoption of mobile technology to promote interactivity between students and lecturers. This paper aims to examine factors supporting the use of mobile wireless technology during lectures to promote interactivity between students and lecturers in Malaysia's higher education institutions. A survey involving higher education students enrolled in on-campus academic courses in Malaysia was conducted with a sample size of 302. Factor analysis results identified five factors: independent variables System Usefulness (SU), User System Perception (USP), User Uncertainty Avoidance (UUA), System and Information Quality (SIQ), and dependent variable Mobile Wireless Technology Adoption for Interactive Lectures (MWT_AIL). All independent variables are positively associated to MWT_AIL, with UUA and SIQ having higher levels of significance compared to SU and USP.Respondents were selected from higher learning institutions from urban areas in Malaysia.Therefore results obtained are not representative of the entire higher education landscape in Malaysia, and future studies are warranted to include higher learning institutions located in rural areas. It is hoped that findings from this study will serve as a catalyst for future studies to be conducted, particularly among higher education researchers seeking ways to utilize technology effectively to enhance the learning experiences of students.

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Section: Quality (Siq) and Dependent Variable Mwt Adoption For Intermentioning

confidence: 99%

An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting Mobile Wireless Technology Adoption for Promoting Interactive Lectures in Higher Education

Gan

Balakrishnan

2016

IRRODL

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“…Power distance which hinders the experience of using computers (Srite, 1999) has an adverse effect on the acceptance and use of Internet (Matusitz and Musambira, 2013;Sadeghi et al, 2014). In other words there is a negative correlation between the use of Internet and power distance (Gong et al, 2007;Yeniyurt and Townsend, 2003;La Ferle et al, 2002).…”

Section: Power Distance and Social Commercementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Low power distance societies are more independent of hierarchy and have a higher tendency to change, innovation and the use of information technologies (Zakour, 2004;Matusitz and Musambira, 2013;Sadeghi et al, 2014). In contrast, high power distance societies expect a sign from their leaders or people who have authority in organizational hierarchy when information technologies are to be used (Gong et al, 2007).…”

Section: Power Distance and Social Commercementioning

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How Uncertainty Avoidance, Power Distance and Indulgence Affect Social Commerce Expenditure? An Investigation Based on Facebook

Yildirim¹,

Barutçu²

2016

IntJSCS

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The increasing popularity of social networking sites (SNS) in recent years paved the way for the emergence of social commerce. As a subset of e-commerce, s-commerce establishes the communication between companies and consumers through SNS and allows online shopping. However, online shopping through s-commerce varies substantially between different regions. The differences observed in consumer behaviour stem from the different cultural background every society has. This study analyses the effects of Hofstede's cultural dimensions; uncertainty avoidance (UAI), power distance (PDI) and indulgence (ING), on s-commerce expenditure. With this purpose, the total amount of online expenditure for 53 countries chosen from different regions, their total number of internet and Facebook users, and data related to their cultural dimensions have been collected. In an effort to better understand the current state of s-commerce, annual average expenditure of per Facebook user in each country has been calculated through total online expenditure. Correlation and regression analysis have also been performed together with cultural dimensions. Following these findings, it has been concluded while UAI and PDI reduce s-commerce expenditure, ING increases it. Consequently, the findings demonstrate while consumer willingness to do online shopping decreases in the context of uncertainty and risk; increases when safety is provided.

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“…In a comparative study between two groups of students (Americans and Koreans), the Koreans students exhibited higher level of apprehension towards adopting Web 2.0 tools (Yoo & Huang, 2011). Lower levels of uncertainty avoidance positively correlate to higher acceptance of cell phone subscription and internet use (Matusitz & Musambira, 2013). …”

Section: Uncertainty Avoidance (Ua)mentioning

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Promoting interactions between lecturers and students in classrooms via mobile technologies: An empirical study

Gan

Balakrishnan

2017

AJET

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The current study sets out to identify determinants affecting tertiary students' behavioural intentions to use mobile technology in lectures. The study emphasises that the reason for using mobile technology in classrooms with large numbers of students is to facilitate interactions among students and lecturers. The proposed conceptual framework has four main antecedents of behavioural intention: system perception, intrinsic motivation, system and information quality, and uncertainty avoidance. Sample data was collected from 396 tertiary students in Malaysia. Results from structural equation modelling on the sample indicated that behavioural intention was significantly influenced by system and information quality, followed by intrinsic motivation, and uncertainty avoidance. System perception was not significantly predictive of behavioural intention. The proposed framework explained 54% of the variance in behavioural intention of mobile technology use in lecture classes. The study findings are indicative of the importance of system development efforts to ensure overall quality system design. The findings further suggest that mobile technology may serve as a tool to facilitate interaction among students and lecturers in large lecture classes.

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Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance, and Technology: Analyzing Hofstede's Dimensions and Human Development Indicators

Cited by 51 publications

References 41 publications

An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting Mobile Wireless Technology Adoption for Promoting Interactive Lectures in Higher Education

An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting Mobile Wireless Technology Adoption for Promoting Interactive Lectures in Higher Education

How Uncertainty Avoidance, Power Distance and Indulgence Affect Social Commerce Expenditure? An Investigation Based on Facebook

Promoting interactions between lecturers and students in classrooms via mobile technologies: An empirical study

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