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Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 18, Issue 3, July-September 2010 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1062-7375 EISSN: 1533-7995 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/jgim

Editor-in-Chief: Felix B. Tan, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

PAPER ONE

The Impact of National Culture on Information Systems Planning Autonomy

Dinesh Mirchandani, University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA Albert Lederer, University of Kentucky, USA

Hofstedes national culture model has been applied in prior research to better understand the management of multinational firms. That research suggests that national culture may influence the information systems planning autonomy of the subsidiaries of multinational firms, but such an impact has not yet been tested empirically. A postal survey of 131 chief information officers and 103 senior non-IS managers of U.S. subsidiaries of such firms collected data to test hypotheses based on the model. Structural equation modeling using PLS-Graph 3.0 revealed that Individualism-Collectivism, Masculinity-Femininity, and Uncertainty Avoidance predicted autonomy for particular IS planning phases (as rated by the CIOs). On the basis of the supported hypotheses, the study provides evidence of the relevance of the national culture model to IS planning effectiveness and IS contribution. The study also suggests to subsidiary managers that an understanding of the national culture of their parent firm can help them gain an insight into the parents management perspective.

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PAPER TWO

Cultural Impacts on Acceptance and Adoption of Information Technology in a Developing Country

Elizabeth Baker, Virginia Military Institute, USA Said Al-Gahtani, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia Geoffrey Hubona, Georgia State University, USA

This study investigates technology adoption behavior of Saudi Arabian knowledge workers using desktop computers within the context of TAM2, and the unique effects of Saudi culture on IT adoption within the developing, non-Western, country. Following the guidelines of the etic-emic research tradition, which encourages cross-cultural theory and framework testing, the study findings reveal that the TAM2 model accounts for 40.3% of the variance in behavioral intention among Saudi users, which contrasts Venkatesh and Davis (2000) explained 34-52% of the variance in usage intentions among U.S. users. The models explanatory power differs due to specific Saudi Arabian emic constructs, including its collectivist culture and the workers focus on the managerial father figures influence on individual performance, a stark difference from TAM findings in more individualistic societies. The authors findings contribute to understanding the effects of cultural contexts in influencing technology acceptance behaviors, and demonstrate the need for research into additional cultural factors that account for technology acceptance.

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PAPER THREE

Do Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Trade Openness Explain the Disparity in ICT Diffusion between Asia-Pacific and the Islamic Middle Eastern Countries?

Farid Shirazi, Ryerson University, Canada Roya Gholami, Aston Business School, UK Dolores Higón, University of Valencia, Spain

This study investigates the impact of FDI and trade openness on ICT diffusion in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions from 1996-2005. The results indicate that while dissimilarities exist between the economies included in this study in terms of their level of socio-economic and political development, education and the growth of GDP have had a positive impact on ICT diffusion in both regions. However, while FDI has generally had a positive and significant impact on ICT diffusion in Asia-Pacific economies, its impact on Middle Eastern economies has been detrimental. The results of this study also show that trade-openness has had, in general, a positive and significant impact on ICT diffusion.

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PAPER FOUR

Critical Factors of ERP Adoption for Small- and Medium- Sized Enterprises: An Empirical Study

She-I Chang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Shin-Yuan Hung, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan David Yen, Miami University, USA Pei-Ju Lee, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a vital and pervasive role in the current development of Taiwans economy. Recently, the application of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have enabled large enterprises to have direct contact with their clients via e-commerce technology, which has led to even fiercer competition among the SMEs. This study develops and tests a theoretical model including critical factors which influence ERP adoption in Taiwans SMEs. Specifically, four dimensions, including CEO characteristics, innovative technology characteristics, organizational characteristics, and environmental characteristics, are empirically examined. The results of a mail survey indicate that the CEOs attitude towards information technology (IT) adoption, the CEOs IT knowledge, the employees IT skills, business size, competitive pressure, cost, complexity, and compatibility are all important determinants in ERP adoption for SMEs. The authors results are compared with research on IT adoption in SMEs based in Singapore and the United States, while implications of the results are also discussed.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of JGIM:

Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM).

The journal publishes original material concerned with all aspects of the development, use and management of information technology (IT) in a global context. The mission of JGIM is to be the primary forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminatethe evolving knowledge on global IT. Original contributions concerning any aspect of global information management from both scholars and practitioners are welcome.

Submission Categories and Themes:

The journal accepts submissions in the following categories: a. Research Article - Contributions to this section are full papers reporting completed research b. Research Note - Research frameworks, exploratory studies and methodological papers c. Research Review - Reviews are carefully crafted articles that conceptualize research areas, synthesize prior research as well as help identify and develop future research directions

Authors are encouraged to develop articles that are consistent with the following themes: a. Cross-National Studies. These need not be cross-culture per se.These studies lead to an understanding of IT as it leaves one nation and is built/bought/used in another. b. Cross-Cultural Studies. These need not be cross-nation. Cultures could be across regions that share a similar culture. They can also be within nations(subcultures, ethnicities...etc). c. Single nation studies from under-represented nations. The idea here is to look at existing literature from the better represented nations and compare it to the findings in the under-represented nation. Authors are also encouraged to weave the country context (ie. culture, firm strategies, government policies, laws ...etc) in the development of the research problem and in explaining the results. d. Studies of the development, implementation, management and use of IT in multinational, transnational, inter-national and global organizations.

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/jgim

All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Professor Felix B. Tan at jgim@aut.ac.nz

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